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Show 740 ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY H.M.S. 'CHALLENGER.' [June 18, as if these birds had got out of their region. Mr. Moseley says he saw what he supposed to be one of these birds on Penguin Island." DIOMEDEA EXULANS. Diomedea exulans, Linn. Svst. Nat. i. p. 214 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. p. 866, p. 175 ; Coues & Kidder, Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 11; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 45. 574. Kerguelen. DIOMEDEA BRACHYURA. Diomedea brachyura, Temm. Pl. Col. 554 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 177. 517-519. Males. 520. Female. J N o r t h Pacific- "These were all caught with the hook from the ship while at sea in June and the first half of July 1874, between Japan and Honolulu; they followed the ship every day in numbers till we got into the trade-winds, when no more were observed." 509. Female. North Pacific. "Eyes brown, bill black, stomach empty. Shot on the 1st April, 1875, by Lord Campbell, with the Henry rifle, while on the wing. We were just north of the tropic; but this bird, as well as another Albatross, were seen some days before we had passed out of the tropics." 511. Male. North Pacific. "Eyes brown, feet and bill dark or nearly black; stomach had cuttlefish. Caught with a hook by Percy on the 7th April, 1875." DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS. Diomedea melanophrys, Temm. Pl. Col. 456 ; Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1866, p. 181 ; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 46. Female } S h o t at Sea' 8 t h July' 1 8 7 4, MIa lCeh.r istmas Harbour, Kerguelen. Female DIOMEDEA FULIGINOSA. Diomedea fuliginosa, Gm. Syst, Nat. i. p. 595 ; Sharpe, Zool. Kerg., Birds, p. 48. Phoebetria fuliginosa, Coues, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1S66, p. 186 ; Coues & Kidder, Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 2, p. 21. Male. See Barnier, 16th February, 1874. Female. Royal Sound, Kerguelen, 17 January. |
