. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE BLACK-BBOWED ALBATROSS 67 Short-tailed Albatross. Diomedea albatrus. Northern Australian seas and North Pacific Ocean. Very similar to D. exulans, but with shorter tail and with truncated form of the base of the bill; general colour white, tinted with buff on the head and neck; the centre and edge of the wing white, the remainder and the tips of the tail dark brown. Total length 37 inches, wing From life. B. P. 0. Ashworth. White-capped Albatross: Thalassogeron cautus. The Black-browed Albatross. Diomedea melanophrys. Southern Ocean to North Atlantic.
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE BLACK-BBOWED ALBATROSS 67 Short-tailed Albatross. Diomedea albatrus. Northern Australian seas and North Pacific Ocean. Very similar to D. exulans, but with shorter tail and with truncated form of the base of the bill; general colour white, tinted with buff on the head and neck; the centre and edge of the wing white, the remainder and the tips of the tail dark brown. Total length 37 inches, wing From life. B. P. 0. Ashworth. White-capped Albatross: Thalassogeron cautus. The Black-browed Albatross. Diomedea melanophrys. Southern Ocean to North Atlantic. White, a short slaty-black band on either side of the eye; back and wings brownish black; white at the base of the neck; tail slate-grey; under wing-coverts white, with dark border on edges of wing. Total length about 30 inches, wing 20, tail , bill , tarsus Nest inverted cone shape, and similar to those of other Albatrosses, and made of soil and vegetation well mixed. The single dull white egg has brownish markings on the larger end, and measures about 4. 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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