DIOMEDEA, a genus of birds of tile family Procellaricke, comprising the genera Dioniedea, Proce Prion; Pelicanoide, Puffinus, ThalaSL sidroma: ' The birds are familiar as the to all trairellers in the southern 'seas, the common albatross, the D. exulans, Linn., being yery abundant.' D. fuliginosa, Lath., and D. chlororhyn ehus, Lath., alsO, met with. Marthers distingtiiSh them by other nanies,—for instance, D..exulaias is the wandering albatross, D. Spadicea the green-bill or Nelly, D. chlororhynehus their Molly maux or yellow-bill, and D. fuliginosa the sooty albatross ; , D. canta, Gould, the cautiOus albatross; brachyura, Goidd, the short-tailed 'albatross ; D. culminata, Gotdd, the culnainated albatross ; D. melanophrys, Gauld, is ;the black - brewed albatrosS, and other specieS, D. gibbosa, D. nig ripes, and D. olivaceo-rhyincha.
D. exulans, Linn., Mouton du Cap, Fit., is abundant and equally numerous in all parts of the ocean between lat. 30° and 60° S.; but it ranges ranch
farther south, even to within the antarctic circle. They naeasure 14 feet across.
D. melanophrys, Tenon., is the most abundant species in every part between lat. 30° and. 60° S.
D. cauta, Gould, was procured by Mr. Gould off the south coast of Van Diemen's Land.
D. chloiorhynchns, Lath., occurs botiveen lat. 30° and 60° S., in both the Atlantic Mut Pacific Oceans.
D. culminata, Gould, is rather abundant both in the Pacifio and Atlantic Oceans, between lat. 30° and 60° S. ' - . • D. fuliginosa, Gnzel., occurs in all parta Of the ocean, between-lat.. 30° and .60° S.
D. braehyura, Teinin,., found in the North Pacific.
D. gibbosa, Goukl, an inhabitant of the North Pacific. D. olivaceorhyncha, Gould, China Seas (?).
—Gray, Genera of .Rirds ; Eng.,Cyc. p. 553.