THE AI*BATBOKS. 



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twittciiiig note ol* the Stormy Petrel {Procci- 

 l&rk pelagica,) m^et t}m ttem 



Captain Bcotlif v gives the following instance 

 of tlic Sooty Albatrosses eonfining their flight 

 witliin certain limits, and considers it may add 

 iPi^JfJit to tlie opinicm, provided it were not m- 

 cideutd) yrhich ititnr& naTipit^rs m^M pifO-- 

 l)ably ascertain. 



Off the River Phite, we fell in with tlie 

 Dusky Albatross^ {JJlomcdla Julu/inosa,) and as 

 we proceeded BOiJiiiwai'd tliey became vety nu- 

 merous ; but on 2«^)!iig iM kfltttde (kT Bl^ 

 south, they all quitted us. We rounded the 

 Cn|H\ and on regaining the same parallel of 

 51" sontli on the opposite side, tliey again came 

 round us, and accompanied the ship up the 



tJif/'s Strait^ vol. i. p. 17. 



The Albatross delights in food of an oilv na- 

 ture ^\■]wu it can be [n'otured; and on the islands 

 wiiere they breed are oiten seen in flocks about 

 the caf^Jase of it whi^fej ae^to, ^als> 



there tliey seem to fatten and luxuriate on 

 their hiscioiis repast; )jut wlien at sea, their 

 food consists of tiie Sepia?, or cuttle-fish tribe, 

 AplysisB, or sea-haref^, the impawn of fish, mi 



