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are but little understood ; in tlio course of a long 

 voyao-o l>i]t few opportunities ocvnr to any p<^'i"- 

 sou acquainted with natural history to exumiuc 

 specimens, and consequently am Icawl^ge te^ 

 sped^ng them h limited to a very few facts. It 

 is not in inany instances that a new species can 

 1)0 defined ; age and sex often ])rodnein£2,- differ- 

 ences which are frequoutly regarded, as sjieeific 



or Imy# stiiiielthig iat&mi&ng mimi^ vmM 

 note down the differences of plnma^, slzej and 

 sex, Sec. of tlu! liinls captured, In course of tinu> 

 a mass of information might be collected, whicli 

 wonld serve, ina^me degree, tK» delsiaxilyte th^ 

 ^I^Dct tlmi^w of plmnag^ nnd«]?fcme hf tlie 



various species.* 



On the 'J 1st of August, the south end of King's 

 Island was seen, bearing east-north-east, by 

 compass, ai m dktajm iof ikki^ mitet* Wem- 

 ter^ Basi's Sti^is m ^ lH»m& ntglit, and an- 

 gered in Sydney Cove, Port Jackson^ on tt^ 

 monds^ of the 2dth of Aiiguat. 



# Cuvicr enunicratcsi five species ; but at tlie same time 

 isELfh " On a observe divers albatrosses jjlus ou nioins bruiis 

 dtf noirfitr^s, tmitfr tfft n'ft pu encore cditfttat^ j^^u'^ ^uel 

 jwiiit ils fonnt-nt tLs varieiOs ou cks es^^ces distinctes.***— 

 Regne Animal, toiu. i. p. 655. 



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