me 



THE ALUATKOSS. 



gland, as those possessing it have also a lacrymal 



other oceanic or aquatic bird, any excretorj^ duct. 

 Ciivier, in his Comparative Anafonitj, (vol. ii. 

 p, 440,) thus alludes to it: " Les oiseaux du 

 genre #t C^mards, et d'autre^ i)ij^ux d'eaux et 



qui occupe toute la paitie $i^&amTe de rotMte 



et se contourne en arnere pour suivrc la coiir- 

 bure de I'oeil. Dans le morillon {Anm fuUijula) 

 il est si large qu'il touche son correspondant par 

 degs^ k etkt^. Oe 6g^$ {lap^ teikit Hetii de la 

 ^ande lacrymal e : jc n en aice^n^kmt pa»mmr0 



vu le canal excrcteur. ' 



In July, 1B32, duriiip; a passage to New South 

 Wales, a capture of an Albatross alibrded me an 

 opportunity of agaitt ^faS^^^ng ihk gland, with 

 the -v^ timtemMng^ if pois!M% *ir!i^her m 

 excretory duct actually existed. I fouutl the 

 gland of a liard granulated substance and fude 

 colour, consisting of numerous, distinct, minute 



^'^A h&dim^ m t^ing mt it i$ found to 



tmtm supplying it came from the minute fora- 

 mina seen on tlie floor of the cavity, and are 

 distributed in and about the substance of the 

 gland. *the»Q glandular bodies are placed iu 



