740 ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY H.M.S. 'CHALLENGER.' [June 18, 



as if these birds had got out of their region. Mr. Moseley says he 

 saw what he supposed to be one of these birds on Penguin Island." 



DlOMEDEA EXULANS. 



Diomedea exulans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 214 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. 

 Phil. p. 86G, p. 175 ; Coues & Kidder, Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 1 1 ; 

 Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 45. 



574. Kerguelen. 



Diomedea brachyura. 



Diomedea brachyura, Temm. PI. Col. 554 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 

 1866, p. 177. 

 517-519. Males. 



520. Female. / North Pacific - 



" These were all caught with the hook from the ship while at sea 

 in June and the first half of July 1874, between Japan and Honolulu ; 

 they followed the ship every day in numbers till we got into the 

 trade-winds, when no more were observed." 



509. Female. North Pacific. 



"Eyes brown, bill black, stomach empty. Shot on the 1st April, 

 1875, by Lord Campbell, with the Henry rifle, while on the wing. We 

 were just north of the tropic ; but this bird, as well as another Alba- 

 tross, were seen some days before we had passed out of the tropics." 



511. Male. North Pacific. 



" Eyes brown, feet and bill dark or nearly black ; stomach had 

 cuttlefish. Caught with a hook by Percy on the 7th April, 1875." 



Diomedea melanophrys. 



Diomedea melanophrys, Temm. PI. Col. 456 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 

 1866, p. 181 ; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 46. 



\ Shot at sea, 8th July, 1874. 



Female. 



Male. 



Female. 



Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen. 



Diomedea fuliginosa. 



Diomedea fuliffinosa, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 595 ; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., 

 Birds, p. 48. 



Phosbetria fidiginosa, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 186 ; Coues & 

 Kidder, Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 21 . 



Male. See Barnier, 1 6th February, 1874. 

 Female. Royal Sound, Kerguelen, 1 7 January. 



