366 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Crested Grebe {Podiceps cristatus, L.). 



Very rare ; I have heard of but few occurrences. 



Black-backed Gull {Lams dominicanus, Licht.). 



Everywhere plentiful. A large breeding - colony exists 

 at the mouth of the Awatere Eiver, from whence I recently 

 obtained sixteen beautifully-marked eggs. 



Mackerel Gull {Larus scojmliims, Forst.). 

 Not so numerous as the previous species. 



Caspian Tern {Sterna caspia, Pallas); Sea -swallow {S. 



frontalis, Gray) ; Common Tern (<S'. antarctica, Forst.) ; 



Little Tern {S. nereis, Gould). 



All numerous. The sea-swallow is called by the Sounds 

 fishermen " barracouta-bird." 



Black-eyebrowed Albatros {Diomedea melanophrys, Boie). 



Mr. Joseph McMahon, of Kenepuru, secured a skeleton 

 found on the Kenepuru beach, and by a careful comparison 

 of its mandibles with those illustrative of this species in the 

 Auckland Museum he was enabled to correctly determine the 

 species. 



Diving-petrel {Halodroma urinatrix, Gml.). 

 Plentiful. 



Mutton-bird {Procellaria tristis, Forst.). 

 Most numerous off Jackson's Head. 



Cape Pigeon {Procellaria capensis) . 

 Often observed along the coast. 



Dove-petrel {Prion turtur, Soland.). 

 Abundant. 



Gannet {Dysporus serrator, Banks). 

 Abundant. 



Black Shag {Phalacrocorax nova-Jwllandia, Gould) ; Frilled 

 Shag (P. melanotcucus, Vieill.) ; White-throated Shag 

 (P. brcvirostris, Gould) ; Pied Shag (P. varins, Gml.) ; 

 Spotted Shag (P. piunctatus, Sparrm.). 

 Owing to its special relish for trout, the black shag has 



become a marked bird to the local disciples of Isaac Walton. 



Considerable colonies are to be met with all round the coasts. 



At Port Underwood they are said to be particularly numerous. 



In the Kenepuru Sound, owing to continuous molestation, it 



has now become scarce. 



