NEW ZEALAND LIGHT-MANTLED SOOTY ALBATEOS. 
Dorsum antice cinereum, postice fuscescens 
Abdomen cinereum 
AW longissima', angusta', utrinque fusca' 
Cauda' obtuse cimeata, nigricans, pedibus vix brevior 
Crissi pena' longa', abdomine obscuriores 
Pedes e cameo -glauci 
Digiti tres antici, nuUo postico sed illius loco verraca parva Memhrana conectens 
glauca 
Ungues alba 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad finem Cauda' 2 ped 8| ' 
inter apices alarum expansarum 6 ped 11 
11 
Brachii 
Cubiti 
Metacarpi cum ala 
Cauda' 
Digiti intermedii 
Rostri 
10 
3 
Pondus 6 libr, 3 unc. 
This description is delightfully accurate, and all the essential features are 
correctly indicated. 
The names I would at present use are : — 
PTioRbetria palpehrata palpehrata Forster ; 
South Indian Ocean (Kerguelen Island breeding). 
Phcebetria palpehrata Tiuttoni Mathews ; 
East Australian seas (New Zealand subantarctic islands breeding). 
Phcebetria palpebrata antarctica Mathews ; 
South Atlantic Ocean (South Georgia breeding). 
