Order PR0CELLARI1F0RME8 
Family DIOMEDEIDjE. 
No. 116. 
DIOMEDEA EPOMOPHOKA EPOMOPHORA. 
CAMPBELL ISLAND ROYAL ALBATROS. 
Diomed^a EPOMOPHORA Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 1st ser., Vol. VI., p. 95, 1825 ; 
Campbell Island (breeding). 
Diomedcea epomophora Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 1st ser., Vol. VI., p. 95, 1825. 
Diomedcea regia Buller, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 1890, Vol. XXIII., p. 234, 1891 ; id., ib. 
1891, Vol. XXIV., p. 68, 1892; id., ib. 1892, Vol. XXV., p. 76, 1893; id., ib. 1894, 
Vol. XXVII., p. 120, 1895 ; id., ib. 1898, Vol. XXXI., p. 31, 1899 ; Salvin, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXV., p. 443, 1896 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis 1905, p. 557 ; 
Buller, Suppl. Birds New Zeal., Vol. I., p. 138, 1905 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral., p. 19, 1908 ; Waite, Subant. Isl. New Zeal., Vol. I., p. 572, 1909. 
Distribution. Australian seas (Campbell Island, New Zealand breeding). 
Adult. Snow-white on the head, neck, back, tail and aU under-surface, including the 
under wing-coverts and axillaries ; on the lower-back and rump a few narrow cross- 
bars may be seen, but it is probable these disappear with age ; a few dark speckles 
are sometimes seen towards tips of outer tail-feathers ; scapulars white at the bases, 
the ends being solid black ; wing-coloration generally black, an indistinct olecranal 
patch of white being noticeable on the oldest specimen, the feathers along the bend 
of the wing showing white tips ; primaries black, the inner webs white towards their 
bases ; secondaries mostly white on the inner web. Soft parts coloured, probably 
as given by Buller for D. regia (description reproduced). Culmen (exp.) 170 mm., 
wing 660, tarsus 117, tail 206. 
Immature, with down still adhering. Agrees in detail with the preceding ; it has fewer 
white-markings on the wing, and the cross-bars on rump and lower-back are more 
pronounced, with longer, black ends to the scapulars ; these seem the only notice- 
able differences ; the tail is just as white, and the biU is more dully coloured. 
Nestling, just commencing to lose down. Coloration exactly the same ; bill dark- 
coloured, but tail pure white. 
Nest. Apparently like that of D. e. rothschildi (note phot, on p. 573, Subant. Isl. New Zeal.y 
where, however, no description is offered). 
Egg. “ Yellowish white, sometimes with a darker zone at the larger end ; ovoido- 
eUiptical, and measuring 5 inches in length by 3 inches in breadth ” (Buller). 
Breeding-season. Commence to lay at the end of December (BuUer). 
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