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SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 



[Aves. 



Mr. Charles Eyre, one of the survivors from the wreck of the " Dundonald," 

 said that the albatroses on Disappointment Island fed their young only on alternate 

 days, and always in the morning. 



Hah. — Southern Ocean. 



Diomedea regia, Buller. (Royal albatros.) 



Diomedea regia, Buller, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxiii, 1891, p. 230. 



My acquaintance with the royal albatros was made during the visit of His 

 Excellency the Governor to the southern islands in February, 1907. 



Fig. 16. — Koyal Albatros (Diomedea regia) on Nkst, Campbell Island. 



At Campbell Island we found the birds to be breeding, incubation being far 

 advanced ; their numbers were, however, comparatively few, a circumstance I attri- 

 bute entirely to the fact that the eggs were collected by poachers and sold as 

 curiosities. 



On comparing the number of sitting birds of the royal albatros at Campbell 

 Island with those of the wandering albatros at Antipodes Island the result was 

 most marked, and I feel that measures should be taken to protect these birds 

 while breeding. 



