1880.] COLLECTED BY LORD LINDSAy's EXPEDITION. 165 



14. OssiFRAGA GiGANTEA (Gm.). " Cape Hen." 

 Procellaria gigantea, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 45. 

 No. 50, male. Sept. 10, lat. 34° S., long. 10° 42' W. "Beak 

 pale apple-green, much darker at tip ; iris dark brown : feet sooty 

 black." •' 



No. 52. Sept. 14. "Beak greyish green, darker at tip; iris 

 dark brown ,: feet silvery brown. Spread of wing 6 feet 7 inches." 



Both these specimens are much darker than the figure iu Gould's 

 pi. xlv. ' Birds of Australia.' 



15. Prion DESOLATus (Gm.). "Ice-bird." 



Nos. 57, 58, male. Sept. 21, lat. 35° 20' S., long. 9° 43' E 

 No. 89. Oct. 1.5, lat. 36° 57' S., long. 40° 41' E. 

 The two former hare a distinct yellowish nail at the tip of the 

 upper mandible ; the last has a slightly narrower bill— differences 

 which, if admitted as specific, appear to be the distinguishing cha- 

 racteristics of P. vittatus and P. desolatus. 



16. DiOMEDEA CHLORORHYNCHA, Lath. " Mollymawk." 

 Biomedea chlororhynchos, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 42. 

 No. 51, female. Sept. 14, lat. 34° 25' S. 



No. 96, male. Oct. 24, lat. 29° 45' S., long. 57° 39' E. ; tem- 

 perature of both air and water 67°. Mr. Gould met with it on the 

 24th July, 1838, in lat. 30° 38' S. 



\.7. DiOMEDEA ExuLANs, Linn. 



Diomedea exulans, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 38. 

 _^Nos. 53, male, and 55, female. Sept. 16, lat. 34° S., long. 

 4° 29' E. " The male is an adult, nearly white ; spread of wino-s 

 10 feet 3 inches, nett weight 19 lb. Contained 10 lb. of water and 

 cuttle ; but the water was probably swallowed whilst beinf hauled 

 on_ board. Eeet 9 inches broad when spread out. Female, total 

 weight about 1 5 lb. Iris dark brown, beak pink, feet bluish." 



No. 8.5. Oct. 12, lat. 39° 40' S., long. 32° 19' E. Young, much 

 mottled with grey. 



Mr. Gould records its occurrence same date as above. 



18. DiOMEDEA FULIGINOSA, Grm. 



Diomedea fuliyinosa, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 44. 

 No. 79, male. Oct. 10, lat. 37° 59' S., long. 29° 18' E. 

 Mr. Gould notes its first occurrence in July, in one of his voyaees 

 in lat. 31° S. .^ & ♦ 



