108 EDWARD A. WILSON. 
as I know, indistinguishable on the wing, but the third, P. garnoti, of Western South 
America, is considerably larger than either of them. Probably the bird we saw in the 
open ocean was Pelecanoides exsul, and that in the Magellan Straits, P. urinatriz. 
Pelecanoides exsul has been known to breed in Kerguelen Island, where the eggs 
were found on and after October 31st. Their burrows are said by Mr. Eaton to be as 
small as the holes of the Sand Martin (Cotyle riparia); they are made in dry banks 
and terminate in an enlarged chamber with no specially constructed nest. 
DIOMEDEA EXULANS. 
The Wandering Albatross. 
Diomedea exulans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. (1766), p. 214 ; Sharpe, Rep. ‘Southern Cross’ Coll. (1902), p. 160, 
ibique citata ; Eagle Clarke, Birds of 8. Orkney Islands, Ibis, Jan., 1906, p. 177. 
MATERIAL IN THE ‘ DISCOVERY’S’ COLLECTION. 
No. 124, ad. sk. g. Sept. 22,1901. At sea, 35° 10'S. 18° 40’ W. 
The colouring of the soft parts is as follows :— 
Bill, whitish with a faint pink blush; the tip of both upper and lower bills being 
yellowish. 
Tris, dark brown. 
Eyelids, both upper and lower bright scarlet. 
Legs and toes, greyish white. 
Webs, pale greyish-white ; when viewed by transmitted light, flesh pink. 
Claws, whitish. 
DIOMEDEA EXULANS, the Wandering Albatross, was first seen on September 18th, 1901 
(31° 8. 22° W.), an immature specimen in the brown plumage. From September 19th 
to the 28rd, several immature birds were seen. An immature specimen was seen again 
on September 19th, having a dark brown cap, upper parts brown, and a dusky collar 
round the neck. The same brown immature phase appeared again on September 20th, 
two or three together, and also an adult for the first time. On September 22nd 
an adult male was caught on a tin triangle ; total length, 42 inches. The two first 
primaries on each side, new feathers, were just appearing from the sheath. In the 
stomach was an undigested Roman Catholic tract, with a portrait of Cardinal Vaughan. 
On September 23rd, one adult and several brown immature birds. 
September 27th to 30th, October Ist to 3rd, adult birds were seen, and on 
September 29th again an immature specimen. 
‘The adult birds followed us close inland to Table Bay. 
October 17th, two days out from Simon’s Bay, several adults and immature. 
October 18th to November 11th, one or more adults each day, and immature 
birds also, 
