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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Carter Albatross. 



Thalassogeron carteri. 



This albatross was described from a male bird which was captured 

 alive at Port Cloaks, North-west Australia, by Mr. Tom Carter; the bird 

 had an injured wing. It is very similar to T. chlororhynchus, but differs 

 in having the bill, including the culmen, black; the face and sides of the 

 head white, without the grey tinge, and the feet yellowish-white 

 in life, without any blackish colour on the digits and tarsi. The bill and 

 irides are black. Nothing is practically known of this bird beyond the 

 type skin at present, although it, or a closely allied form, breeds at 

 Gough Island. 



Sooty Albatross: Phoebetria fuliginosa. 



After Gould. 



The Sooty Albatross. 



Phwietria fuliginosa. 



Southern oceans. 



Plumage generally sooty; a white ring, broken in front, round the 

 eye. Total length about 36 inches, wing 19.5, tail, central 10.5, lateral 

 7, bill 4.5, tarsus 3. 



Nest similar to those of other Albatrosses; the egg is dull 

 white, with brownish markings on the larger end and sometimes 

 minute markings over the egg. It measures 4.18 x 2.5 inch. 



