. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE WANDERING ALBATROSS 65 Family Dioniedeidce. Nostrils lateral separated by the wide culmen; first primary longest. Key to the Genera. a. Tail short, rounded. Mandible plain. Base of ridge shield of beak (eulminicorn) broad and joined to side shield (latericorn). Diomedea Base of eulminicorn narrow separated by mem- brane from the latericorn. b. Tail long, cuncate. Mandible grooved. Thalassogeron. After Gould. Wandering Albatross, Young and Old: Diomedea exulann. The Wandering Albatross. Diomedea exidans. Southern ocean generally. White; back fro
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE WANDERING ALBATROSS 65 Family Dioniedeidce. Nostrils lateral separated by the wide culmen; first primary longest. Key to the Genera. a. Tail short, rounded. Mandible plain. Base of ridge shield of beak (eulminicorn) broad and joined to side shield (latericorn). Diomedea Base of eulminicorn narrow separated by mem- brane from the latericorn. b. Tail long, cuncate. Mandible grooved. Thalassogeron. After Gould. Wandering Albatross, Young and Old: Diomedea exulann. The Wandering Albatross. Diomedea exidans. Southern ocean generally. White; back from the base of the neck banded with narrow trans- verse undulating dark lines; wings slaty-black; lesser wing-coverts more or less white in inner webs, middle and greater coverts edged with white, primaries black; tail white, with dark marks near the tip. Total length 42 inches, wing , tail , bill from gape 7, tarsus Nest open circular structures made of soil, grass &e., varying in height from a few inches to about two feet, with a shallow egg cavity, about a foot in diameter. The single egg is dull white, with brownish markings on the larger end, and has a slightly granular shell; it measures about x 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 Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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