DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS. 



Buller writes : — " In the perfectly adult bird the bill is of a uniform gamboge- 

 yellow, shaded with orange on the hook, with a very fine line of black round the base 

 of both mandibles ; feet delicate blue-grey, darker on the joints and interdigital webs ; 

 claws whitish horn-colour." 



The adult bird described is a female procured by Nikolai Hanson in Lat. 44° 23 ' S., 

 and the figure is taken from an example obtained in Talcahuano Bay, formerly in our 

 collection. 



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