Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo13amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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,. Black albatross about to feed young. The food consists of squid partially digested by the parent to see the youngsters tottering -along and fanning their wings in a futile attempt at flight. They play and quarrel with one another and amuse themselves by gather- ing together any loose material that may be near the nest. One young bird had surrounded itself with a pile of the bleached bones of its dead ancestors. The black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) has taken al- most complete possession along the beaches on the north, east and south sides of the island. An oc- casional pair may be found nesting with the white species, but as a rule they are found by themselves. The black-footed albatross is .somewhat larger than the white species, and when seen on the some distance from its nest to see if it would find its way back; after it had recovered from its fit of anger at being disturbed, it slowly waddled home. During the morning hours, the old birds feed the young, the food consisting entirely of squid that have been partly digested by the parent. The young albatross was wearing a coat of dark brown down when we landed on the island (about April 24) which gave way a few weeks later to the white feathers on the breast and abdomen and the dark feathers of the back and wings. When the down has nearly disappeared the young bird begins to try its strength by spreading the wings and rising on its feet like the adult birds. It is laughable
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Black albatross singing 191

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