Total length, 42 in. ; wing, 25 in. ; bill, from gape, 7 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



696. D. albatrilS, Pall. (D. brachyura, Temm.), Short-tailed Albatross. 



Bill very strong ; head buff ; interscapular region and middle of 

 back white. 



Total length, 37 in. ; wing, 22 in. ; bill, from gape, 6 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



697. D. melanophrys, Temtn., Black-browed Albatross. 



Interscapular region and middle of back slaty -black ; bill of 

 yellowish horn colour. 



Total length, 30 in. ; wing, 20 in. ; tail, 7 '3 in. ; bill, 5'2 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS THALASSOGERON. Sides of mandible without longitudinal 

 furrow. Tail short, rounded. Base of culrninicorn narrower than in 

 Diomedea, and divided by membrane from the latericorn. 



698. T. cailt IIS, Gld. (D. cauta), White-capped Albatross. 



Head and neck nearly pure white ; bill generally pale, the sides 

 not black and the culmen not distinctly yellow. 



Total length, 35 in. ; wing, 22 in. ; tail, 9 in. ; bill, from gape, 6 

 in. ; tarsus, 3 '7 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



699. T. CUlminatUS, Gld., Flat-billed Albatross. 



Culmen in adult bright yellow ; sides of bill black ; culminicom 

 rounded posteriorly ; lower edge of mandible yellow. 



Total length, 36 in. ; wing, 20 in. ; tail, 7 '7 in. ; bill, 5'2 in. j 

 tarsus, 3 2 in. 



Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



700. T. chlororhynchllS, Gmelin, Yellow nosed Albatross. 



Culmeii in adult bright yellow ; sides of bill black ; culminicorn 

 pointed posteriorly ; base of mandible yellow, but not the lower edge. 

 Total length, 33 in. ; wing, 18 '8 in. ; tail, 7 '7 in. ; bill, 5 "2 in ; 

 tarsus, 3'1 in. 



Hab. : 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS PHCEBETRIA. Sides of mandible with deep longitudinal sulcus 

 (furrow) ; tail long, cuneate. 



701. P. fllliginosa, Gmelin, Sooty Albatross. 



Plumage generally sooty ; a white ring (broken in front) round 

 eye ; bill black, the groove on the mandible in life orange. 



Total length, 36 in. ; wing, 19 '5 in ; bill, 4*5 in. ; tail, centre rec- 

 trices 10'5 in., lateral rectrices 7*7 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 5, 6. 9. 



ORDER PLATALE-ffi. 



Posterior angle of mandible recurved ; edge of cranium above the orbits 

 truncate, indicating the position of the nasal glands. Sternum with 

 four posterior notches. Nasals schizorhinal ; palate desmognathous. 



FAMILY IBIDID^E. 



Bill much curved ; nasal groove linear, and produced nearly to the tip of 



the bill. 



GENUS IBIS. Tarsus reticulated anteriorly, with many hexagonal scales. 

 Webs of feathers of inner secondaries disconnected, ornamental. 



702. I. molllCCa, Cuvier (Threskiornis strictipennis, Gld. ), White Ibis. 



General appearance white ; fore-neck plumed ; primaries with a 

 broad tip of blue-black ; inner secondaries barred and mottled with 

 purplish -black ; head and neck bare. 



