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DIOMEDEA CHLORORHYNCHA. 



(YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROS.) 



Yellow-nosed Albatros, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 309, pi. 94 (1785). 

 Liomedea chlororhynchos, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 595 (1788, ex Lath.). 

 Diomedea chlororhyncha, Coues, Pr. Phil. Acad. 1866, p. 185. 



Ad. similis D. melanophryi, sed rostro nigro, culmine cum ungue et macula parva ad basiu mandibular posita 

 lfete flavis : pedibus cyanescenti-albis. 



Adult. Plumage similar to that of D. melanophrys. Bill black, with the culmen and hook, and a basal 

 spot on the lower mandible yellow ; legs and feet bluish white. Total length 32o inches ; wing, from 

 flexure, 19"5 ; tail 8 ; bill, following the curvature of upper mandible 5'4, from gape to extremity of 

 lower mandible 5 ; tarsus 3 ; middle toe and claw 4"25. 



There is a specimen of this Albatros in the Auckland Museum ; and Dr. Crosbie, of H.M.S. 

 t Virago,' showed me the head of another. Both of these, as I am informed, were obtained off 

 the New-Zealand coast, although the proper range of the species appears to lie in more northern 

 latitudes. 



