Vou. Il, Pt. 11] LOOMIS—A REVIEW OF THE TUBINARES WS 
In the November specimens, moulting is still progressing, old 
feathers are more or less prominent, and in some instances 
new feathers have begun to fade. Twelve of the November 
specimens are much worn and bleached, having lagged far be- 
hind in the renewal. In fresh plumage, the forehead, back of 
the white frontal feathers, is light gray, shading into sooty 
gray on the crown, occiput, cervix, and sides of neck; the 
jugulum is lighter sooty gray, changing into pale drab-gray 
on the breast, cheeks, and throat, finally becoming very pale 
gray on the chin; the sides are dark drab-gray and the inter- 
scapulars are sooty gray with slightly lighter margins. Authors 
as a rule have overlooked this fresh plumage, and have de- 
scribed faded birds of a brownish cast. No. 1288 C. A. S. has 
fourteen instead of twelve rectrices. 
In this species there is a lack of uniformity in the order of 
renewal of the primaries; a fact which Dr. Stone has already 
brought to the attention of ornithologists.’ 
The appended table exhibits the dimensions in millimeters 
of twenty-eight males and forty-nine females. Owing to loss 
of primaries in moulting, the wing measurement was not 
taken in five males and six females. 
F Middle 
Upper Mandible mans liesstasa 
Depth | Width sus Claw 
Sex Wing Tail Culmen 
Rael ae 
Minimum...| of 488 130 | 102 26.6 | 30 SUGe Blo!) 
of 
Ue aS) 
Minimum...| @ 485 130 94.4 | 26 27.1 | 80.9 | 109 
2 
As in Diomedea irrorata, the females average smaller than 
the males. 
During the southward voyage of the schooner Academy, 
Black-footed Albatrosses ceased being common about latitude 
28° N. The last, two individuals, were seen July 21, 1905, in 
latitude 23° 32’ N., longitude 113° 4 W. On the home voy- 
age, they were picked up again on November 1, 1906, in lati- 
tude 26° 24’ N., longitude 126° 23’ W. On November 18, 
1Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phila., 1900, pp. 14, 15. 
