observed during the Voyage of the 'Valhalla.' 675 



( Scotia' at Gough Island, but possibly it may belong to this 

 species, which differs from P. urinatrix in its much smaller 

 size, especially as regards the bill and feet, its whiter throat, 

 and its less marked and whiter flanks. 



" DlOMEDEA CHLOROHHYNCHA. 



Diomedea chlororhynchos Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 568 (1788). 



Thalassogeron chlororhynchus Salvin, Cat. B. B. M. xxv. 

 p. 451. 



Male aud female adult. 



Bill black, streak down culmen yellow, orange near tip of 

 bill ; a yellow ridge at base of bill ; line of gape and a ridge 

 of skin beyond the gape yellow ; tarsi and toes flesh-coloured. 



The immature plumage of this and many other species of 

 Albatross yet remains to be described. We hear of travellers 

 visiting the breeding-places of these birds, yet none seem to 

 have thought of bringing home a series of the young. This 

 Albatross was fairly numerous round the island, but in the 

 short time that we were there I was only able to get two 

 specimens. I believe that it was breeding at the time of our 

 visit, and if we had had the good fortune to have fine 

 weather, we should probably have been able to visit the 

 nesting-place, which is situated on the top of the crater. 

 I was told by two of the islanders who came on board that 

 only the Mollymauks or small Albatrosses breed on Tristan 

 da Cunha, Diomedea exulans nesting on Inaccessible Island. 



I was also told by one of these men that the only land- 

 bird left on the island was the Thrush, Nesocichla eremita ; 

 the Bunting (Nesospiza dacvnhce) and the Bail [Porphyriornis 

 nesiotis) not being now found there. The Bunting, how- 

 ever, was said to be still common on Inaccessible Island, 

 where there is also a Rail " like a little black chicken." This 

 is probably an undescribed species, unless my informant had 

 seen only young birds, as the Tristan da Cunha bird is about 

 the size of our Moorhen. 



Antarctic Skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus) were also seen 

 round this island, as well as Sooty Albatrosses (Phcebetria 

 fuliginosa), (Estrelata mollis, and Cymodroma grallaria. 



