DIOMEDEA EXULANS. 



was Diomedea exulans. We first met with it on the 5th of February, 1866, in Lat. 

 36° 30' S., Long. 52° 46' W., a little to the north of Montevideo. The last was seen 

 on the 8th of April in Lat. 34° 29' S., Long. 87° 45' E., so that for two months it was 

 our constant companion, along a tract of about 7000 miles. 



" On our voyage from Batavia to Melbourne we saw the first of this species 

 on the 21st of April in Lat. 37° 09' S., Long. 108° 45' E., when it accompanied 

 us to the entrance of Port Phillip. It re-appeared in numbers in Bass's Straits, and 

 followed us as far as Sydney Heads, the two promontories which enclose the harbour. 



" In the Pacific D. exulans followed from the time of our leaving Sydney on 

 June 25th, 1867, up to the 6th of August, Lat. 25° 36' S., Long. 85° 47' E„ and was 

 very abundant on the 1st of July in sight of Cape Otou and the island of Manawatawi, 

 New Zealand. On the voyage from Callao it was met with less frequently from the 

 16th of September, 1867 (Lat. 36° 25' S., Long. 86° 02' W.), till the 27th of the same 

 month, when it was again seen near Juan Fernandez (Lat. 36° 47' S., Long. 

 79° 21' W.). It was plentiful on the 7th of November in Lat. 40° 39' S., 

 Long. 79° W., accompanying the ship as far as the Gulf of Penas. Finally, it 

 was frequently observed in the Atlantic from the 13th of December (Lat. 

 42° 24' S., Long. 57° 21' W.) to the 15th of that month (Lat. 39° 20' S., 

 Long. 53° 20' W.). This species was equally common in the Atlantic, Indian, 

 and Pacific Oceans, appearing in the latter to approach more nearly to the 

 Equator than other sea-birds." 



A large snowy-white Albatros was also recorded by Professor Giglioli as having 

 been seen on the 28th of February, 1868, in Lat. 43° 21' S., Long. 5° 26' E. ; it 

 accompanied the ship till the 2nd of April (Lat. 40° 08' S., Long. 79° 22' E.), a distance 

 of 3500 miles. The bird was doubtless D. chionoptera, and this observation apparently 

 constitutes the first intimation that a second species of large Albatros inhabited 

 the Cape Seas. 



Dr. Reichenow considers that the range of D. exulans extends throughout 

 the South Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, northwards to 20° and 30° 

 S. Lat., and southwards to the South Polar ice (Deutsche Sudpolar Exped., IX., 

 Zool, I., p. 472, 1908). 



In the Indian Ocean D. exulans was procured by the Earl of Crawford 

 in Lat. 34° S., Long. 4° 20' E., in September, and again in Lat. 39° 40' S., 

 Long. 32° 19' E., in October. Layard [Ibis, 1863, p. 249) says that it was 

 common in Lat. 32° 50' S., Long. 29° 50' E., and also {Ibis, 1867, p. 252) 

 notes it in Lat. 32° 55' S., Long. 9° 47' E. 



There are specimens of D. exulans from the Cape Seas in the British 

 Museum (Salvia, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXV., p. 442), and Mr. T. Parkin obtained 

 an example in Lat. 39° 51' S., Long. 8° 49' E. {Bull. B. 0. C, X., p. cvi., 1900). 

 Commander Sperling gives the northern limit of this Albatros's range as 27° 



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