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Iciititli of three feet, and the wings, from point 



to jKtiiit, hitir«aspr^«tf feomdigM tofeu^^ 

 ^t. I %^sx^ It iksiMed tlM ftpeeiiiie»& 



havi^ Ijceii shot, and the Tviuj^s, from point to 

 point, loiniil mcjisuriiig twenty feet, the phiniage 

 of those birds heing entirely white ; but 1 have 

 never myself seen the spread; of the wings greater 

 tkm. ^orteea feet. Hie Wl h M Isr^ 

 species (tlie type of the genus) of a pale, dirty 

 yellow, the legs and feet flesh coluiu'. Tlie 

 ladies on board generally request the down of 

 these bards for tippets, &c,j and among the 

 Hifw 2E^3ii:&d h^s II used k amall tuAis 

 adonaing the ears, being placed in the lobes, 

 which are perforated for tlie purjwse of receiving 

 these or other adornments to satisfy their vanity, 

 or command, if it be^pdj^ibie, public admiration* 

 In Mm Zealand tht hm^ <i$ lame Hrdd 

 ite@q,tt^titl]r seen pending from the lobes of the 

 ears anid a^CXUnd their ni^eks in the form of whistles 

 and other ornaments. The Kamtschatdales are 

 said to capture these birds chiefly for the sake of 



thdrboit«s»p$^imIarly ibose <if.th«i^^w which 

 they convert to variouinfi^ 



During a former voyage, on the 1st of Jami^ 

 ary, IS'i!), 1 had au opportunity of examining a 

 specimen of the DiomedcaJ'allyluosay booty Alba- 

 troiss, or quakerwbird, whicfli isaptared (by a 



