On the 18th of July 1832, in latitude 40° 12′ south, and longitude 27° 52′ east, the species of Albatross called _spadicea_, was taken. The description and measurement of this specimen, was as follows:—It was called _Nelly_ by our sailors. The head, neck, and urupigum, white; back, wing-coverts, pen-feathers and tail, brownish black; under parts of the wings and tail, lighter colour; the brownish black of the back is shaded off towards the hinder part of the neck, and becomes a plumbo-atro or lead-coloured black; the first pen-feather is the longest, which differs from the usual character in this genus; the pen-feathers decrease _gradatim_ from the first; irides brownish; a black mark from half an inch before the inner and upper part of the eyes, behind and above the outer angle of the eyes; eyelids black; the base of the upper mandible black, as well as the termination of both mandibles; the remainder of the mandibles of an olive green, with delicate black tints; wings same length, when closed, as the extremes of the tail; quills of the pen-feathers white; skin dark-coloured; a quantity of fine down between the skin and the feathers; base of the feathers white; feet flesh-coloured, with bluish tints; the circulation of the venous and arterial system is beautifully seen ramifying over the web; nails of the toes short, and slightly covered outwards in one, and inwards in the opposite foot; the cuticle of the feet is readily abraded when it is placed on a hard surface, even for a short period of time; the web of the foot thick, and it is usual for sailors to make _purses_, as they term them, by extracting the phalanges, without injuring the web, leaving the claws at the extremities. The measurement of the specimen (which was a male) was as follows:— Feet. In. Length of the body, from base of bill to extremity of tail 2 4 Length of the bill 0 4 Depth of the base of the bill 0 1⅝ Length of the tail 0 8¼ Length of ditto, exserted from the feathers of the urupigum 0 3⅜ Length of the thigh 0 3¾ Length of the tarsus 0 3⅛ Length of the middle phalanges 0 5⅛ Breadth of wings expanded 7 4 Breadth between the wings from the 1st joint 0 4½ Length of the 1st joint of the wing 0 10¼ Length of the 2nd joint 0 10½ Length of the 3rd joint 0 4 Length of the 4th, or pen-feathers[142] 1 3 Length of the inner angle of the eye to the base of the beak 0 1⅛