THE ALBATttOSS* 



aniiuing numerous specimens, in many of which 

 fhm W^e slii^l dilfsi^^ di |It]tm&g^j to 

 ttone ^){art;icularly markizig iSm dies, thai I could 



discover. 



On tlu^ 5th of January, 1829, a specimen of 

 tlie sj[)ecies named Molli/mawk by our sailors, 

 tji^ jaoniitain Albatross of the Americans, was 



IIP 49' east. This I suspect only to be a young 

 speoiinen of the large wandering Albatross. Tlie 

 bill was of a pale, dirty yellow ; the head, neck, 

 bvmt, and abdomen^ ^mm^^ d^Il^ale ibud beactl- 



; lh«rl»adLblAe(k, intermixed 



with brown, changing' to snowy wliiteness nearth6 

 tail ; tail featliers above black, underneath white ; 

 vent white ; irides brow^n ; orbits surrounded by a 

 naked skin ©f a light bluish Mlomr ; blaek foatfetera 

 at ian^ ^tfi^le <^ ^ tf^ *^ mSi feet of a 

 flesh colour. The wings, when expanded, mea- 

 sured five feet from point to point. 



"And Iri that the Albatross? the bird men- 

 tioned of sucli an extraordinary size 1 Well, 

 I tbjQittgM it a mueh lai^^ ^' Imi Mviag 

 so oD;ei^ heard that ir^vdtei?^^ accountai m% 

 exaggerated, I ought not to wonder at my 

 di?ia])pointnn'nt." — These remarks are often 

 made Ijy persons who make a voyage to sea for 



