572 CLASS AVES. 



by them the Cape Sheep, on account of its size, white 

 plumage, with black wings, and because it is more 

 particularly abundant about the Tropic of Capricorn. 

 The English also call it the Man of War Bird. It 

 is a great enemy to the flying fish. It makes its 

 nest in elevated land, and lays numerous eggs, which 

 are good to eat. Its voice is said to be as loud as 

 that of an ass. When young. Sooty or Brown Al- 

 hatros. Lath. 



Found in the Antarctic Seas of the two worlds; 

 according to Temminck the Chorolale Albatros is the 

 young. 



Many albatroses are observable with more or less 

 brown or black; but it is not yet established whether 

 they are distinct species, or varieties. Such are. 



Chocolate Albatros, Cook's Voy. Diom. Spadicea, 

 Gmel. 



Dark chocolate-brown ; belly, pale ; face, wings, and 

 beneath, white ; bill, pale. Pacific Ocean, 



Short-tailed Jlbatros, D. Spadicea, B. Lath. D. 

 Brachyura, Tem. Enl. 963. D. Chinensis, Tem. 



Grey-brown ; bill and feet, pale ; tail, short. China. 

 Southern Asiatic seas. 



Eye-streaked Albatros. D. Melanophris, Tem. 

 Col. 456. 



Back, wings, tail, and streak through the eye, black ; 

 the rest, dirty-white. 



