THE BIEDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Reliqua' omnes corporis partes fuliginosa' 
Pedes nigricantes 
Lingua integra, ad apicem fere porrecta 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad finem cauda' 
2 ped 4 
inter apices alarum expansar 
5 ped 10 
cauda' 
Digit! intermedii 
4| 
Rostri 
Pondus 5| libr. 
unc. 
gigantea Procellaria corpore toto cinereo subtus pallidiore, rostro sordide e flavicanti-virescente : 
(0) tubo narium extra medium producto 
Fiff. Piet. 
Habitat in pelago Atlantico, American australem alluente ; Lat. austr. gr. XXXVII 
(Dec. 22, 1768) 
Avis tota cinerea, subtus pallidior, magnitudine Ameris domestica' etsi tantummodo 
sex librarum & quinque unciarum pondere 
Rostrum 3| uncias longum, pallide & sordide e flavicanti-virescens, apicem versus 
obscurior 
Mandihula superior longior, apice adunca, a basi sub tubo narium profunde sulcata ; 
sulco dein oblique ad sinum descendente 
Tuhus narium interne e duobus cylindris compositus ultra medium antrorsum productus, 
superne basi latus, planiusculus, antice convexior et paulo altior 
Mandihula inferior recta, a basi ad f partes sulco exarata, apice latere convexiuscula, 
la 'vis ; superne rotundata, antice truncata (omnino ut in Diomedea exulante Linn.) 
subtus gibba & sulcata 
Oculi parva 
Iris cana 
Pupilla nigra 
Ala' angusta', longissima' 
Cauda brevis, rotundata 
Rectrices duodecim, toti cinerei ; marginibus apicu pallidioribus 
Pedes cinerei : 
Memhrana conectens unicolore, crassa 
Ungues lanceolati, obliqui 
Posticus sessilis 
Avis nostra 22 Decembris (1768) capta, tempore in illis terris solstitis a'stivalis, quo 
penas suas ibidem aves exuant, unde conjecturare licet, quod color vel dilutior vel 
obscurior erat quam in alius anni temporibus ; Tubo tamen nasali ultra medium 
rostri producto facile a congeribus distinguitur, etjam si ha'c a nobis descripta junior 
esset avis 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad finem eauda 
inter apices alarum expans 
cauda 
digit! intermedii 
9 
1 
unc. 
In Captain Cook’s Journal (edited by Wharton, 1893), p. 49, there is a 
note on February 18th, 1769, lat. 44° 50' S. lat. 99° 7' W. : “ Saw some Birds 
nearly as big as Albetrosses; they are aU black, with Yellow Beaks.” This 
would refer to this species. 
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