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Diomedea chlororhynchos Yellow-nosed Albatros. 



Diomedea melanophrys Black-eyebrowed Albatros. 



Diomedea fuliginosa Sooty Albatros. 



Procellaria gigantea Giant Petrel. 



Procellaria conspicillata Spectacled Petrel 



Procellaria liasitata Great Grey Petrel. 



Procellaria macroptera Great Winged Petrel. 



Procellaria atlantica Atlantic Petrel. 



Procellaria solanderii Solander's Petrel. 



Procellaria leucocephala "White-headed Petrel. 



Procellaria mollis Soft-plumaged Petrel. 



Procellaria leucoptera White- winged Petrel. 



Procellaria cookii Cook's Petrel. 



Procellaria cceridea Blue Petrel. 



Procellaria glacialo'ides Silvery-grey Petrel. 



Puffinus brevicaudatus Short-tailed Petrel. 



Paction capensis Cape Pigeon. 



Prion turtur Whale Bird. 



Prion ariel Fairy Whale Bird. 



Prion banksii Bank's Whale Bird. 



Prion vittatus Broad-billed Whale Bird. 



Thalassidroma nereis Grey-backed Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma ivilsonii Wilson's Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma melanogaster Black-bellied Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma leucogaster White-bellied Storm Petrel. 



Puffinuria urinatrix Diving Petrel. 



Family Pelicanid^i. 



Pelecanus conspicillatm Australian Pelican. 



Phalacrocorax novoz-hollandice Australian Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax leucogaster White-breasted Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax melanoleucus Little Cormorant. 



Sula auslralis Australian Gannet. 



Family Podicipid^. 



Podiceps australis Diver. 



Podiceps polioctphalus Grey-headed Diver. 



Podiceps gularis Black-throated Diver. 



Family SpHENisciDiF. 



Pudypies chrysocome Crested PenguiD . 



Sphenkcus minor Little Penguin. 



Spheniicus tindina Fairy Penguin. 



Of the above list, forty-three are roaming sea birds, only twenty- 

 six kinds are peculiar to the island, and six of these are very 

 doubtful species, so that we cannot put down more than twenty 

 birds, so limited is their habitat. 



