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Constantev per p a ria reperta, unde earn monogamam suspicor.
Sono acuto fistulat.” Forster.
According to Forster’s drawing, this b ird is the He-wee-
go o f th e natives o f D usky Bay. Mr. P . E a rl procured his
specimen a t Waikowaiti, as it was swiinraing about with
h is tame ducks. I t is seldom seen on the east coast of
th e South Is la n d ; it is, however, more abundant inland
and on the east side : and h e states th a t it is known by the
name of Whiho. T h e bill o f th e living b ird is a clear
ivory white, margined with black.
F u l ig u l a n o v æ Z e a l a n d i .®.
Plato 18.
Anas atricilla, Forst. Desc. Anim. p . 95. Icon. ined. 79
New Zea land Duck, L a th . S yn . vi. 543.
Anas novæ Zealandiæ, Gmel. Syst. N a t. i. 541.
F u h g u la novæ Zealandiæ, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. 123.
Male. Black, tinged w ith green, and the head and back
o f neck with purple ; abdomen white, varied with black ;
sides deep rufous, speckled with white ; th e back minutely
spotted with white ; speculum white.
Female. Dull black, feathers o f the liead, neck and
sides margined with castaneous ; beneath the body white
mottled with ashy brown. ’
Length, 1 foot 3 4 in ch e s; bill from gape, 1 inch 9 lines;
wings, 74 inches ; tarsi, 15 lines.
“ H a b ita t in insula australi Novæ Zealandiæ, præsertim
in P o rtu Obscuro; ad ostia rivulorum in sinubus maris
vento parum expositis, locisque æstu inundatis. Gregaria
a me reperta .” Forster.
Tliis b ird is named by th e natives H e palek, according
to Forster’s drawings, b u t Mr. P . E a rl says it is Repo.
Subfamily, E rism a tu rinæ .
N e s o n e t t a A u c k l a n d ic a .
P la te 17.
Ne sonetta aucklandica, G. R . Gray.
_ Upper surface blackish brown, with some of th e feathers
with green reflections, and margined with rufous, others
varied with vermiculations o f the same colour, especially
on the u pper p a rt o f the back and sides ; cheeks and sides
o f neck brown, speckled with dusky white ; bre ast ferruginous,
varied with obscure spots ; abdomen brown, b an d ed
with dusky white.
Length, 1 foot 44 inches ; bill from gape. I f inche s ;
wings, 04 inches ; tarsi, 14 inch.
Two specimens o f th is bird were obtained by th e E x p e dition
when a t Auckland Island.
Subfamily, Meryinoe.
M e e g u s a u s t r a l is .
Mergus australis, Hombr. e t Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N a t
1841, jD. 320.
Bla ckish brown, feathers bordered with a tinge o f gi-ey •
head brown, spotted with b la c k ; neck reddish brown ; the
wings with a white spot in th e middle, which is traversed
b y a zigz ag black band ; throat and anterior p art o f neck
r e d ; bre ast slaty grey, undulated ivith w h ite ; belly and
uropygium white, undulated with slaty g re y ; sides and
beneath th e wings deep slate co lo u r; some o f the second-
ane s and scapulars white, the foniier mottled with a tinge
ot slaty ; the lower tail-coverts slaty black, margined with
white ; tail-feathers greyish black.
Lengih, 20 inches.
This b ird was found by the officers o f the Frencli Antarctic
E x p ed itio n a t Auckland Island.
Family, C o l y m b id .®.
Subfamily, Colymbince.
PoD IC E P S RUFIPECTUS.
Pla te 19.
Podic eps (Poliocephalus) rufopectus, G. R . Grau, D ie ff
Trav. N . Z. App. p. 193. • •'
Ad u lt. T op o f head b la c k ; sides o f head, throat, nape
and thighs dusky, tlie two former ornamented with white
linear fe a th e rs ; b re a st dark rufous ; back black, some of
th e feathers margined with grey and tinged with g re e n ;
wmg-coverts and quills brownish black, with the base of
th e la tte r white ; secondaries white, tipped with brownish
black ; beneath silvery white mottled with rufous.
Length, 1 04inche s; bill from gape, 1 inch 1 line; wings
44 in c h e s ; tarsi, 1 inch 5 lines.
Young. Back ochreous black, with the feathers slightly
margined with white ; top o fh e a d and back of neck black,
shafts of the former somewhat prolonged and lig h t fulvous;
cheeks and throat ash ; lower part o f the neck before and
bre ast deep ru fo u s ; bene ath th e body white, tinged with
ru fo u s; under tail-coverts p lum b eo u s; th e quills brownish
black ; secondaries white-margined, tips brownish black ;
b ill black and legs lead-coloured.
To tal length, 124 inches; bill, l4 i n c h ; wings, 4 f in ch es
; tarsi, 14 inch.
T h is species is very similar to P . poliocephalus o f Australia
; b u t th e colours are more prominent, especially on
the back, where it is also tinged with green ; the buff of
the breast becomes in this species dark rufous.
T h e ad u lt specimen was procured by Mr. P . E a rl at
Tairi, South Island, where it was called Totokipio. The
young of this species, when a few days old, are light grey
striped with black.
Family A l c id .®.
Subfamily, Spheniscina.
S p h e n is c u s m in o r .
Aptenodytes minor, G. Forst. Comm. G otting.iii. p . 147.
Desc. Anim. p . 101. Icon. ined. 84, 85.
Little Pinguin, L a th . S yn. vi. 572, p i. 103.
Uppe r surface pale blue, with olive down the centre of
each fe ath er; beneath th e body silvery white ; the wings
black blue, margined inwardly with ochre-white.
Length, 15 in ch e s; b ill from gape, I f inch ; wings, 4f
inche s ; tarsi, 9 lines.
“ H a b ita t in insula australi Novæ Zeelandiæ in Portu
Obscuro, inter scopulos.” Forster.
Dr. Dieffenbach says that the female lays two white egj
in the crevices of rocks and holes n ea r the sea-shore. Ti
natives call this bird Korora.
E u d y p t e s p a c h y r h y n c h u s .
Glossy dark blue in the middle of each feather, bordered
on the sides with black, and the base white; sides o fh e a d
an d throat dusky b lack ; front o f the ueck aud beneath the
body yellowish w h ile ; a broad line o f pale yellow from
each nostril passing over each eye and extending a little
beyond i t ; u pper side o f wings pale blue, the un d er side
mostly white ; bill aud feet red, th e web black.
Lengih, 1 foot 8 in c h e s; bill from gape, 2 f in ch e s;
wings, 74 inches ; tarsi, I f inch.
This specimen differs irom others by the bill being
shorter, more elevated, and the supercilious crest commen-
ciug a t the nostrils and not prolonged much behind each
eye posteriorly, as in E . chrysocome.
I t is a rare bird ut Waikowaiti, and was known there by
the name of Tauake.
E u d y p t e s a n t ip o d e s .
Pla te 27.
Catarractes antipodes, Homb. e t Jacq. Ann. des Sci.
N a t. 1841.
Eu d y p tes antipodes, G. R . Gray, D ie ff. Trav. N . Z .
App. p . 199.
U p p e r surface pale blue, with a narrow black mark down
the middle o f each feather ; sides o f the neck pale brown ;
top o f head and cheeks pale yellow with black streaks ;
a b an d o f pale yellow from the gape extending through
the eyes and round the o c c ip u t; under surface and u n der
the wings p ure white ; throat browuish white.
Length, 2 feet 7 f in ch e s; bill from gape, S f inches ;
lyings, 8f in ch e s; tarsi, 1 inch 8 lines.
This species is found on Auckland and Campbell’s
Islands, and on the coast o f New Zealand. I t is known
to some of the natives by the name of Korora.
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PUF FINUS iEQUINOCTIALIS.
Procellaria Kquinoctialis, L in n . Syst. N a t. i. 213.
Brownish black, more or less white on th e chii
h e a d ; bill white, with the sutures black.
Length, 1 foot 9 in c h e s ; bill from gape, 2 f in c h e s ;
w’ings, 1 foot 3 inches ; tarsi, 2 f inches.
Often seen on the coast o f New Zealand, and the natives
call it Taiko.
PUFFINUS MAJOR.
Procellaria puffinus, L in n . Syst. N a t. i. 213.
Puffinus major, Faber.
Procellaria tristis, Forst. Desc. Anim. p . 205. Icon,
ined. 94.
Proce lla ria grísea, Gmel. Sysl. N a t.
Puffinus fuliginosus, S tr ic k l.
Puffinus cinereus, A. Sm ith , III. Zool. S . A fr . t. 56.
Y ouny ? Entirely sooty black, with the under surface
pale r ; lower wing-coverts white, with the shafts an d m a rgins
sooty black.
Length, 1 foot 6f inches ; bill from the gape, 2 inche s ;
wings, 12 inches ; tarsi, 3 inches.
The only specimen brought home by the E x pedition
was shot off Auckland Island.
T h a L.4SSIDR0MA MARINA.
Proce lla ria marina, L a th . In d . Orn. ii. 826. Gal. des
Ois. i. 292.
P rocellaria aequorea, Sol. M S S . B a n k s, Icon. ined. 13.
P rocellaria hypoleuca, Webb, e t B e r th , f
Top o fh e a d , hind p a rt of neck aud a spot on each side of
breast, bluish ash colour; back aud wing-coverts brown ;
upper and lower tail-coverts hoary b lu e ; quills and tail
black ; forehead, sti-eak over ea ch eye, aud th e u nder surface,
pure white.
Length, 84 inches ; bill from gape, 10 lines ; wings, 64
in c h e s ; tarsi, 1 inch 8 lines.
Specimens were obtained off Auckland Island by the
Expedition.
Family, P r o c e l l a r id æ ,
Subfamily, Procellarinæ.
P e l e c a n o id e s u r in a t r ix .
Procellaria Iridactyla, Forst. Desc. Anim. p . 149. Icon,
ined. 88.
Diving Petrel, Ix ith . S yn. vi. 413.
Procellaria urinatrix, Gmel. Syst. N a t. 560.
Top of head, hind part o f neck, back, wings and tail,
black ; sides o f neck and sides blue ; throat, breast and
abdomen pure white.
Length, 9 inches ; bill from gape, lOj lines, bene ath, 5
lines ; wings, 5 inches ; tarsi, I I 4 lines.
“ H a b ita t ad Æstuarium Reginæ Ch arlo ttæ; gregaria,
urinatur, in cuniculis in montibus sylvosis nidifìcat, noctu
quoque volitai e t claraat.” Forster.
On Forster’s drawing is written th e name of Tee tee, as
if given to this bird by the natives. Specimens have been
brought from the coast of A uckland Island.
P r o c e l l a r ia g ig a n t e a .
Procellaria ossifraga, Forst. Desc. Anim. p . 343. Icon,
ined. 93 a.
Procellaria gigantea, Gmel. Syst. N a t. i. 563.
Top of the h ead dusky ; sides and fore p a rt o f the neck,
b re a st and belly, white ; neck behind and upper p a rts of
body pale brown, mottled with dusky w h ite ; scapulai's,
wiug'coverts, quills an d tail dusky b row n ; sometimes en tirely
sooty black.
Length, 2 feet 10 in c h e s ; bill from gape, 44 in c h e s ;
wings, 1 foot 94 inches ; tarsi, 3 inches.
P r o c e l l .a r ia C o o k i i .
Pla te 35.
Procellaria Cookii, G. R. Gray, D ie ff. Trav. N . Z. App.
Procellaria velox, B a n k s , Icon. ined. 16?
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