THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Mandihula superior sulco obliquo, a basi infra tubum nasalem ad sinum exarata 
Tubus nasalis brevis, tertiam partem rostri non adtingens ; 
Apertura subreniformis, sen latior quam altior ; 
Dissepimento conspicuo, ad orificium autem non penitus producto 
Mandihula inferior apice parum adunca, utrinque lacuna longitudinali cute glabra repleta 
antice dilatata 
Oculi nigri 
Caput superne canum, inferne album ; regio oculorum nigricans 
Gula, Jugulum, Gollum subtus, Pectus, Abdomen, Venter, Grissus et Femora nivea 
Collum supra canum 
Dorsum cinereum 
Uropygium canum 
Cauda subcuneata, longitudine pedum, alba, floccis cinereis supra irrorata 
Ala' longa', angusta', supra nigricantes, infra pallidiores, pra' cipue in medio 
Tibia' albida' 
Unguis posticus sessilis, niger 
Palma inter digitum extimum et inter medium nigra, pone medium albida, inter digitum 
intermedium et intimum albida, margine antico nigro ; nigredine intus sinuosa 
Digilus extimus extus totus niger ; intermedius pone medium albidus ; intimus albidus 
apice tantummodo, et supra geniculum nigricans 
Ungues niger 
Longitude inter apicem rostri ad finem cauda' 
alarum expans 
Brachii 
Cubiti 
Metacarpi cum ala 
Cauda' 
Digit! intermedii 
Rostri 
Pondus 1 libr 
Avis in oceano australi (Lat austr XXIX 10) 
albo. 
which is noteworthy as it includes the first record of this bird in Austrahan 
waters ; the April Ilth, 1770, record being in the Tasman Sea approaching the 
entrance of Bass Strait. 
I have used Forster’s name for the Australian birds, as these differ from 
the Atlantic specimens in having a shghter bill, and the tail more uniformly 
grey, with the shafts of the tail-feathers yellowish instead of white. 
The male figured and described was collected near the Auckland Islands 
in 1894. 
1 ped 
3 „ 
7 
5 
5 
13 
51 
unc. 
capta, paulo minor capite etjam superne 
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