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rnK Af.iiA ruuss. 



gaiitic species oi' albatross is ttsiiallv Hr^t j^eeu^ 

 as well as the smallrr laif imt l(\<s rlcoant species 

 of tLe same Inrd. At first but lew are seen, 



but ikef iMr^&se In itombefs <^ tite vessel gets 

 into more soutltern latititde^; $,t soias^ 



soii.-f of tlie ye;n' tliey ap]>ear more iniincroiis 

 than at others, wliich msiy he attrihuted to the 

 pairing time, which may keep them, at certain 

 ^emm$i nesorer the locky islets upon wfelfeli th^y 

 bmd oj? imr iheir young. Tlie laj*^ wliile or 

 wandering albatross,* {Diomedia extdaris,) the 

 type of the genns, excites much interest bv its 

 luajeBtic appearance, either wljen almost sweep- 

 ing the sides of ^l(ih ill* iinge plnlona^ 



realizing the idea of tlio fanird roc (allowing for 

 the brilliant and exaggerated rl(.'scrij)tit)ii3 nsnal 

 in all eastern nations) mentioned in the Arabian 

 Nights' Entertaitiments.t 



* Respecting the name ^Iven to tliis bird, it has been ob- 

 sef^ea, tMt flk^ BmPortaga^ navigator called them, the 

 boobies, ami other sea-birds, afrfffros or dlttifnts. Dumpier 

 applied this imme to an actual kjnd; Crew changed it to 

 u^itross, imd Edwards into aibotrtm* The Prencfi name 

 •i^hlSSe birds iituiitoH t/tt cap. Tiiere are a number of sjjtcicv, 

 ejiumerated ; Imi it will require frequent and cautious ob- 

 servation |ire\i(.ius to the determination orantnv one, us thev 

 v^ry s» itiucb it> (Humagc frum seat and figc. 



t The condor ist Mipjiosed by some to be the ** Hoc'* of the 

 Arabiun Niglil??. 



