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geographical distribution of the present species,’ it is—and 
can only be—a simple compilation of the present observa- 
tions; even under the most favourable circumstances it will 
only be of value as a primary sketch, on which others, 
having access to richer and especially to more reliable 
materials, may build further. More detailed information 
may be found in the “ References,” pp. 112-114. 
Atlantic Ocean.—On the eastern coast of South America, 
Sperling (22) observed it not farther north than lat. 24° S.; 
the “ Novara” Expedition (v. Pelzeln, 13), however, met with ~ 
it a few miles farther north, in lat. 23° 9’ S8., about off Rio 
Janeiro (two specimens shot August 4, 1857); this latitude 
is, as far as hitherto known, the northern boundary for its 
distribution in these regions. Farther south, on the eastern 
coast, only few observations are found (Kittlitz, 5). Near 
the Falkland Islands it is often seen. Along the south- 
western coast of Africa it has been met with, almost exactly 
as far north as on the opposite side of the Atlantic: Anders- 
son (25) has seen it not unfrequently in Walwich Bay 
(lat. 23° 8.); farther south it is very common, but most 
numerous, certainly, at the southern extremity of Africa— 
Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, False Bay, Cape Hanglip, 
and Cape Agulhas are localities often named. On the open 
Atlantic, Tschudi (4) saw it on his voyages not farther north 
than lat. 39°S., and not farther south than lat. 50°-51° S. 
The Zoological Museum of Copenhagen possesses, however, 
the skeleton of a specimen from lat. 37° 20’ S., long 7° 20’ W. 
(nearly east of Tristan da Cunha); and the “ Novara” Ex- 
pedition (v. Pelzeln, 13), records a specimen shot in lat. 
36° 22' S., 5° 29’ E. (between Tristan da Cunha and the 
southern extremity of Africa, September 20, 1857). Probably 
Hutton (16) has seen it still farther north, about lat. 34° S. 
(April 5), but the exact place is not stated. Thus, accord- 
ing to the hitherto recorded observations, the northern and 
11t is hardly necessary to observe, that, as far as the Albatrosses are con- 
cerned, I do not confine the meaning of the term ‘‘ geographical distribution ” 
only to comprise the breeding-places of the species, but understand it as 
synonymous with their usual range of distribution, both in and outside 
of the breeding season. 
