Diomedea melanophrys in the Ferde Islands. 93 
VIII. Diomedea melanophrys in the Forde Islands. By 
Knup ANDERSEN, Esq. Communicated by W. EAGLE 
CLARKE, F.L.S., as requested. [Plates II., III.] 
(Read 17th April 1895.) 
[The following paper was forwarded to Mr Harvie-Brown, 
by the author, accompanied by the stipulation, if it came to 
be communicated and printed, that it must be printed in 
extenso; and was, with that understanding, offered to the 
Society. ] 
In the month of May 1894, Mr P. F. Petersen of Nalsoe, 
Ferée Islands, sent me an account of an Albatross, shot on 
Myggenaes Holm, which had been living there together with 
the Gannets for more than thirty years. Up to the time 
of writing, Mr Petersen had obtained no further information, 
especially with regard to the remarkable length of time 
during which it had been observed. In the beginning of 
July I received the skin of the bird. It proved to be a 
Diomedea melanophrys, Boie, fully adult, in very fine 
plumage. When I got it, it was perfectly fresh, and beauti- 
fully prepared by Mr Petersen. At the same time, I was 
informed that the removed body had not been preserved. 
Immediately on receiving the bird, I sent to Mr Petersen 
a schedule containing a list of questions, intending to pro- 
cure the fullest intelligence possible as to the life of the 
bird, but especially the reasons for asserting that it had 
lived on Myggenaes Holm during such a length of time. 
The answers reached me in the beginning of November, 
accompanied by a letter from Mr Petersen, stating that he 
had sent my questions to Myggenaes, where they had been 
answered by Mr S. J. Joensen, a resident of that island. 
The schedule was filled in as follows :1— 
“1, When was the Albatross shot ?—It was shot on the 
11th of May. 
“2. Where was it shot ?—It was shot on Myggenaes Holm 
itself, sitting among the Gannets. 
1 Nos, 3 and 4 are answered by Mr Petersen of Nalsoe, the rest by Mr 
S. J. Joensen of Myggenaes. 
