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shield somewhat like that of the Coot, but in an 
exaggerated form; and one species, which has been 
assigned to a separate genus (Aydrophasianus 
chirurgus), has a very long tail, and is known as 
the Pheasant-tailed Jacana; examples of each will 
be found in the collection. In the second sub-order, 
GAVL&, the Terns (SterniD#£) are fairly well repre- 
sented. The remaining family, Larrp&, is very poorly 
represented in the collection. | 
Passing into the adjoining corridor on the right- 
hand side, we find in 
Case XIX. 
the commencement of the thirteenth order, TUBI- 
NARES, so called from the tubular form of the 
external nostrils. This order consists of a large 
number of species divided into two unequal! families, 
the first containing the Petrels and the other the 
Albatrosses. The Albatrosses—restless wanderers— 
possessed of unsurpassed powers of flight, are found 
chiefly in the Southern Hemisphere, frequenting 
the stormy seas off the Cape of Good Hope and Cape 
Horn, where the giant Diomedia exulans may be seen 
following in the lonely wake of the vessel for many days 
in succession, with a sailing flight that has so often 
excited the wonder and admiration of the beholders. 
There are other species frequenting the North 
Pacific, and even wandering across into the North 
Atlantic, where individuals believed to be the 
Black-browed Albatross, Dzomedia melanophrys, have 
been several times seen or procured, the last instance 
being in the Feeroe Isles, where one was killed which 
is said to have associated with the Gannets there for 
more than thirty years. One killed by Captain Gray 
in Lat. 80° 11 N., long. 4, E., 1s now in the Peter- 
