52 ALBATROSS. 



2— CHOCOLATE ALBATROSS. 



Diomedea spadicea, Ind. Orn. ii. 790. Gm. Lin. i. 568. Lin. Trans, xii. 489. 

 Chocolate Albatross, Gen. Syn. v. 308. Cook's Voy. ii. 116. 150.* Forst. Voy. i. 258. 

 Park, Voy. 83, 84 ? 



THIS is larger than a Goose. Bill yellowish white ; irides 

 brown ; fore part of the head, round the eye, chin, and throat, white ; 

 the general colour of the plumage fine deep chocolate ; the neck and 

 under parts palest; inner ridge of the wing, and under wing coverts, 

 white; and the belly inclines much to white; tail short, rounded; 

 and the wings equal it in length; legs bluish white; claws white. 

 It varies in having more or less white about the head, and in a 

 greater or less degree of purity ; a specimen of this was seen in the 

 South Seas, in lat. 37. the end of December. 



A.— Albatros de la Chine, Pl. enl. 963. 



This bird is wholly greyish brown ; bill and legs pale straw- 

 colour. — Inhabits China, and is about two feet and a half in length. 



3 — YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS— Pl. clxix. 



Diomedea Chlororhynchos, Ind. Orn. ii. 790. Gm. Lin. i. 568. Lin. Trans, xii. 490. 

 Yellow-nosed Albatross, Gen. Syn. v. 309. pl. xciv. 



LENGTH three feet, breadth seven. The bill about four inches 

 long, black, moderately stout, and hooked at the end, the upper 

 ridge yellow the whole length, quite to the tip ; the base of the 



* As few of the Voyagers have described the birds to which they have given names, we 

 cannot always be clear in respect to the Species meant; and therefore not quite certain it 

 was the one here described. Chocolate Albatrosses were mentioned by Forster ; but not 

 observed by him, except among the ice. — Voy. i. 258. Perhaps the Albatross with a white 

 beak.— Park. Voy. 83, 84 ? 



