The back and tail are grey, the rest of the bird white. Bill yellowish; legs ash colour. The young resemble their parents. The more northerly form of this bird has greyish under parts and may be met with in Scotland in winter. Length 19 in.; wing 13·25 in. THE BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS Diomedea melanophrys, Boie The true home of this species is in the southern seas near the Chatham Islands and New Zealand, but it has been known for some time past to occasionally visit the North Atlantic. A specimen was obtained near Cambridge on the 9th of July 1897. The adult has a short black band passing through and above the eyes; back and wings brownish black; tail feathers grey; rest of the plumage white. Length 27 in.; wing 17 in. INDEX A Accentor, Alpine, 70 Hedge, 67 Albatross, Black-browed, 399 Auk, Great, 377 Little, 380 Avocet, 312 B Bee-Eater, 184 Bittern, American, 228 Common, 227 Little, 227 Blackbird, 15 Blackcap, 45 Bluethroat, 34 Brambling, 128 Bullfinch, 135 Bunting, Black-headed, 139 Cirl, 143 Corn, 140 Lapland, 149 Little, 146 Meadow, 145 Ortolan, 144 Reed, 147 Rustic, 145 Siberian Meadow, 145 Snow, 150 Yellow, 141 Yellow-breasted, 147 Bustard, Great, 292 Little, 292 Macqueen’s, 293 Buzzard, Common, 201 Honey, 210 Rough-legged, 203 C Capercaillie, 274 Chaffinch, 126 Chiffchaff, 53 Siberian, 54 Chough, 154 Coot, 290 Cormorant, 219 Courser, Cream-coloured, 296 Crake, Baillon’s, 287 Little, 286 Spotted, 285 Crane, 291 Creeper, Tree-, 85 Wall-, 85 Crossbill, 137 Two-barred, 139 Crow, Carrion, 163 Hooded, 164 Cuckoo, 186 American Yellow-billed, 189 Great Spotted, 189 Curlew, 347 Eskimo, 349 D Dabchick, Little Grebe or, 390 Dipper, 70 Diver, Black-throated, 384 Great Northern, 383 Red-throated, 385 White-billed Northern, 384 Dotterel, 296 Dove, Rock, 271 Stock, 270 Turtle, 272 Duck, Buffel-headed, 258 Common Sheld, 239 Eider, 260 Ferruginous, 254 Golden-eye, 257 Harlequin, 259 Long-tailed, 258 Mallard, or Wild, 241 Ruddy Sheld, 240 Scaup, 256 Tufted, 255 Dunlin, 324 E Eagle, Golden, 204 Spotted, 203 White-tailed, 205 Egret, Little, 225 Eider, King, 261 Steller’s, 261