THE BLACK-BBOWED ALBATROSS 



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Short-tailed Albatross. 



Diomedea albatrus. 



Northern Australian seas and North Pacific Ocean. 



Very similar to D. exulans, but with shorter tail and with truncated 

 form of the base of the bill; general colour white, tinted with buff on 

 the head and neck; the centre and edge of the wing white, the remainder 

 and the tips of the tail dark brown. Total length 37 inches, wing 22. 



From life. 



B. P. 0. Ashworth. 

 White-capped Albatross : Thalassogeron cautus. 



The Black-browed Albatross. 



Diomedea melanophrys. 



Southern Ocean to North Atlantic. 



White, a short slaty -black band on either side of the eye; back and 

 wings brownish black; white at the base of the neck; tail slate-grey; 

 under wing-coverts white, with dark border on edges of wing. Total 

 length about 30 inches, wing 20, tail 7.3, bill 5.2, tarsus 3.3. 



Nest inverted cone shape, and similar to those of other 

 Albatrosses, and made of soil and vegetation well mixed. The 

 single dull white egg has brownish markings on the larger end, 

 and measures about 4. x 2.71 inches. 



