]34 Mr. Tom Iredale on 



firstj or Black-billed Albatross, is much like the common 

 one^ but differs iu being scarce half as large, aud having a 

 bill entirely black. Procellaria lugens, the Southern Shear- 

 water, differs from the common kiud iu being smaller and of 

 darker colour ou the back, but is easily distinguished by the 

 flight, whicli is heavy, and by two fasciae or streaks of white, 

 ■Nvhich are very conspicuous ivhen it flies, under the wings. 

 Procelkiria turttir, Motiier Carey's Dove, is of the Petrel kiud, 

 about the size of a Barbai'y Dove, of a light silvery blue 

 upon the back, which shines beautifully as the bird flies. 

 Its flight is very swift and it remains generally near the 

 surface of the water. INIore or le.^s of these birds have been 

 seen very often since we left the latitude of Falkland's 

 Island, where iu a gale of wind Ave saw immense quantities 

 of them. 



" 3rd. Shot Diornedea exidans, an Albatross or Alcatrace, 

 much larger than those seen to the northward of the Straits 

 of Le ]\Iaire, and often quite white on the back between the 

 wings, though certainly the same species : D. antarctica, 

 Lesser Black-billed Albatross : D.jrrufuga, Lesser Albatross, 

 with a parti-coloured bill, differing from the last iu few 

 things except the bill, the sides of which were yellow with 

 black between them. 



" 5th. I was well enough to eat part of the Albatrosses 

 shot on the 3rd : they were so good that everybody 

 commended and ate heartily of them, although there was 

 fresh pork upon the table. To dress them, they are skinned 

 overnight, and the carcases soaked iu salt water until 

 morning, then parboiled, and the water being thrown away 

 stewed well with very little water, and when sufficiently 

 tender served up with savoury sauce." 



The birds mentioned iu the precediug notes are included 

 iu the drawings and constituted some of the puzzles, 

 especially P. lugens and P. turtur. These names have 

 ofttnnes been quoted from the drawings as of '' Banks," but 

 compaiison of the above notes and the Solander diagnoses 

 prove that they should be allotted to the latter. Banks' 

 language does not bespeak the ornithologist, whereas 

 Solander's descriptions are monuments o£ exactitude and 



