2 4 BRITISH BIRDS. WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. 



Fam ilyDIOMEDEIDA?. Subfamily DIOMEDEIN&. 



BLACK-EYEBROWED ALBATROS. 



Dioinedea melanophrys (BoiH.) 



THE home of this large Petrel is to be found among the uninhabited islands 

 of the South Pacific, such as Stewart, Auckland, Snares, Campbell, Anti- 

 podes, and Bounty Isles, whence the species often visits the coasts of New Zealand. 

 It is of rare occurrence in the Atlantic, but has been taken shot in the Faeroes. 

 A solitary example, which was reputed to have lived on Myggenaes Holm for 

 many years, was shot in May, 1894. It proved, on dissection, to be a female. 

 In July, 1897, an exhausted specimen was caught on the Streetley Hall Farm, 

 near Linton, Cambs., by a labourer named Barker. The general plumage of the 

 adult is white, with a broad slaty-black streak on either side of the eye ; back 

 and wings brownish-black ; interscapular region cinereous ; tail dark slate, the 

 webs of the outer tail feathers white. This Albatros measures, from 26 to 34 

 inches in length. 



