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Regarding the second case, an account is written by Mr 
J. A. Harvie-Brown (Zhe Zoologist, September 1894, pp. 
337, 338). A specimen was killed, June 15, 1878, in lat. 
80° 11'N., long 4° E., ze, north-west of Spitzbergen; it was 
presented by Captain David Gray, of the steam whaler 
“Kelipse,” to the Arbuthnot Museum, Peterhead. Mr 
Harvie-Brown informs me that this bird has not been com- 
pared with specimens of D. immutabilis.* 
BREEDING- PLACES. 
The first breeding-place known of this species was the 
Falkland Islands. Gould (6) gives, in 1859, a description 
of the eggs from this place, being in doubt, however, whether 
they belonged to D. melanophrys or to Phoebetria fuliginosa. 
Captain Abbott (8), who collected the eggs described by 
Gould, gives a further account of the matter a few years 
later, and it appears, from his reports, that the breeding- 
places he found were situated on some islets adjacent to 
(probably south of) East Falkland. Professor A. Newton (19) 
afterwards described the eggs of D. melanophrys from these 
islands; also the “Challenger” Expedition (Sclater, 32) 
brought home eggs from the same place.” 
When Professor Alph. Milne-Edwards (36) names Tierra.del 
Fuego among the breeding-places of this species, it is founded 
on a misunderstanding of Captain Abbott’s report (Zdzs, 1861, 
1894, p. 548). Judging only from the latitude (404° N.) where Bean observed 
his Albatross, the chances would be greater for a D. immutabilis. In his 
description of the bird, Bean says: ‘‘The bill is light; a dark streak runs 
from the bill behind the eye;” to which of the two species these words apply 
best I shall not decide. If Bean’s Albatross was a D. melanophrys, it is the 
only instance of its occurring in the Pacific north of the Equator. 
1 Mr Harvie-Brown bas kindly sent me photos of this bird. As far as the 
colour of the bill can be guessed from photos, the Peterhead Albatross seems 
to me to be a true D. melanophrys. 
2 It is probable that Snow (Two Years’ Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, 1857, 
vol. i., p. 140; vol. ii., p. 366) had already found this species breeding in 
West Falkland (Keppel Island). He does not, however, call the bird by 
its systematic name, but gives it the name of ‘‘Mollymauk,” a name 
bestowed upon all southern Albatrosses with the exception of D. exulans (and 
regia) and Ph. fuliginosa. The few words he says about the nest agree with 
Captain Abbott’s description. 
