THE ALBATttOSS, 



Look and line, and. a piece of salt pork by vvay 

 0f bi%) id l$0a^0^ W W Mm^t a»d longitude 



siircd six feet eleven inches from point to point. 

 This was called Pio hy some of tlie saih)rs on 

 board. The bill was of a beautiful shining 

 black J with a distinct white i&emtmile passing 

 about two^lMtds down ttie l&mit onstiidible ; ike^ 

 legs were naked, and, as "well as the feet, of a 

 flesh colonr ; irides brown, and a circle oF white 

 feathers surrounded the orbit ; the head, neck, 

 tJxroatj and back) were of a sooty colour ; breast 

 alnd &iMo)xLm gtejri^fct ? vimg tw^s <)f « Itgbt 

 grey ; the pen-feathers of aliglrtblack ; the tail 

 feathers abo\'c of a sooty, inferiorlv of a liglit 

 grey colour ; the feet had each tliree toes, united 

 by a web, slioiitly serrated at the edges ; tlie 

 Mt^ im had th^ aeeoidd ^m", ai^ t^t thk<i 

 three phalanges. 



On the 3rd of Jannar}^ another specimen was 

 caught iu latitude 40^ 34' south, and longitude 

 107^ 18' east, which diflered iu plumage from 

 the p3?e<!«diiig by having lihe sooty feathers m 

 the head and back intenmxed with white, which 

 difference in phimage may have deiK-nded on 

 age, as tlie sex of both birds was the same» 

 being both males. 



I Jjave subs®iue]^lif Jxad opportunities of ex- 



