The nasi 18 of mud, or mud and grosses intermixed, raised a few inches above the ground with 

 a slight depression on the t«>|» to prevent the egg from rolling out. When the young birds are half- 

 growo they are covered with a light greyish down; and when approached by man each bird erects itself 

 OD it- respective mud billook and with upraised beak makes a strange clattering noise, and squirts from 

 tin nostrils B Btream of foully smelling oily fluid, if the intruder has the temerity to toueh it. 



The whole <'f the plumage a very dark brown, approaching to black on the head, wings and 

 tail ; above, beneath and behind the eye a clear white mark ; bill, jet black, exeept for a yellowish 

 longitudinal line along the Under mandible; feet, brownish, tinged with purple. 



Habitats: Although preferring the colder southern seas, this species is also met with all through 

 the temperate latitudes to the south of the Equator. 



