74 Transactions. — Zoology. 



the dried specimen of a Penguin's foot (belonging, I believe, to 

 the above-named species) which I now exhibit. It will be seen 

 that through long-continued immersion in sea-water a number 

 of barnacles have become firmly attached to the end of the 

 toes. The other foot w^as similarly attacked, but w-as in a 

 worse condition, the irritation set up by the foreign growth 

 having caused the claws to come off, leaving the extremities 

 sore and diseased. An occasional resort to land, with the 

 incidental friction or wear-and-tear, would of course have 

 rendered sucli a condition of foot as this impossible. (Plate 

 XIV., fig. 2.) 



Eudyptes antipodum. (The Yellow-crowned Penguin.) 



The officers of the " Hinemoa " tell me that this is the 

 most delicate of all the Penguins, seldom surviving confine- 

 ment more than a day or two. 



Eudyptula undina. (The Little Blue Penguin.) 



Some ornithologists are for uniting this species with Eii- 



dyj^hda minor ; but, as will be seen by the two specimens now 



exhibited, they are readily distinguishable from each other. 



There is a manifest difference in the size of the bill, and E. 



undina is further separable by liaving the entire under-surface 



of the flippers white. 



I had recently an opportunity of examining a pure albino of 



this species, obtained last year by Mr. Black at Mercury Bay. 



The entire plumage was snow-white, with a silky gloss on the 



under-parts. 



Tachypetes aquila. (The Great Frigate-bird.) 



I have much pleasure in exhibiting a specimen of the Great 

 Frigate-bird, only the second known example obtained in New 

 Zealand. This bird struck itself against the lantern at the 

 Cape Farewell Lighthouse on the night of the 15th April, and 

 was picked up in an injured state. It was kept alive by the 

 lighthouse-keeper for a few days, but could not be induced to 

 eat anything. It was then killed and converted into the very 

 presentable specimen now on the table. 



This is a more mature bird than the one captured at Castle 

 Point in February, 1863, and now with my original collection 

 in the Colonial Museum. (See " Birds of New Zealand," vol. 

 ii., p. 183.) 



