. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 423. Wander- Place. WANDERING ALBATROSS. *WITH SHORT LEGS. XLVIIr. ALBATROSS. ^V». Birds LXXXIL Diomedea Exulans, Lin. Syft. 214.—P/. Ettl. z^j,'--Latham, iii, Albatrofs, Ednv. 88—Pallas, Spidl. Zool Fafc. v. 28. Tfchaiki of the Kamtfchatkans, Lev. Mus.— ALB. With a ftrong bill, finking a little in the middle j hooked at the end of the upper mandible, abrupt at that of the lower j noftrils covered with a ftrong guard, and opening forward i color red; tip dufky: the plumage, in feme, wholly dufky, with the color moft intenfe on the u
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 423. Wander- Place. WANDERING ALBATROSS. *WITH SHORT LEGS. XLVIIr. ALBATROSS. ^V». Birds LXXXIL Diomedea Exulans, Lin. Syft. 214.—P/. Ettl. z^j,'--Latham, iii, Albatrofs, Ednv. 88—Pallas, Spidl. Zool Fafc. v. 28. Tfchaiki of the Kamtfchatkans, Lev. Mus.— ALB. With a ftrong bill, finking a little in the middle j hooked at the end of the upper mandible, abrupt at that of the lower j noftrils covered with a ftrong guard, and opening forward i color red; tip dufky: the plumage, in feme, wholly dufky, with the color moft intenfe on the upper part j others again have their under fide entirely white: the tail is rounded: legs and feet of a dufky red: the webs dulky. Albatrosses differ greatly in fize. Whether they differ in ipe- cies I cannot determine. They weigh from twelve to twenty-eight pounds: and vary in extent of wings, from kvtxi feet feven inches to ten feet feven. The white and the brown variety or fpecies appear annually in flocks of thoufands, about the end of June, and fpread over the whole Ochotjchan fea, the gulph of Penjchinjhi, and the Kurile iflands j but very rarely on the eaftern coaft of Kamtjchatka, They alfo arrived in great numbers about Bering % Ifland, at the time when Steller was preparing to depart from his long confinement, after the fhipwreck of his illuftrious commander. Fie failed from thence on the loth of Auguft, This coincides with the re-migration of thefe birds, who retire from the former places about the end of July or the middle oiJugufi. Their arrival is die certain forerunner of filh. It is probable. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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