THE ROYAL PENGUIN. 59 



CATARRHACTES SCHLEGELI. 



The Royal Penguin. 



(Plate XL, Figs. 1 and 2.) 



Evdijptes schhgeli, Fiuscli, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. VIII. (1876), p. 204. 



Catarrhactes schlegeli, Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Miis. XXVI. (1898), p. 643, ibique citata. 



List of Material in the ' Discovery's ' Collection. 



No. 141, imm. sk., 9 . Nov. 22, 1901. Macqiiarie Island. Short superciliary crest feathers. 



Grey chin. 

 No. 142, imm. sk., (J . Nov. 22, 1901. Macquarie Island. Short superciliary crest feathers. 



Grey chin. 

 No. 143, ad.sk., (J. Nov. 22, 1901. Macquarie Island. Lona; superciliary crest feathers. 



Chin white, throat grey 

 No. 144, ad.sk., $. Nov. 22, 1901. Macquarie Island. Long superciliary crest feathers. 



Chin and throat white, except for a small spot of grey on the latter. 

 No. 14.5, ad.sk., $. Nov. 22, 1901. Macquarie Island. Long superciliary crest feathers. 



Chin and throat white. This male was taken from the nest where it was incubating 



an Qgg. 

 Also twenty eggs of Catarrhactes schlegeli, and the materials of one of the nests. 



The colom-ing of the soft parts : — 



Adult : — 



Iris, bright red. 



Bill, upper and lower, bright orange pink, the upper slightly more crimson in tone. 



Naked skin at the gape, vivid crimson, shading to purple anteriorly. 



Feet, pale flesh pink. 



Claws, pale brownish horn colour. 



Immature : — 

 Iris, bright red. 

 Bill, dusky orange pink. 

 Naked skin at the gape, dusky red. 

 Feet and claws as in the adult. 



Note on the Illustrations. 



Birds, Plate XL, Fig. 1 represents the head of an immature Schlegel's penguin, probably at eleven 

 months ; the colouring, both in this figure and in Fig. 2, which represents the head of an 

 adult (J , is taken from freshly-killed birds. The main difference in the colour of the soft parts 

 is in the degree of brilliance, particularly in the colour of the naked skin about the angle of the 

 mouth. Fig. 3 represents the head of Eiidgptes antipodum. 



Catarrhactes schlegeli, commonly known as the Royal Penguin, has been recorded from 

 New Zealand, Campbell Island, and the Macquarie Islands. It is a localised species 

 and breeds only at the last place. 



The rookery that we examined on the occasion of the ' Discovery's ' visit to these 

 islands on November 22ud, 1 90 1, was situated on a shelving beach in Fisherman's 

 Cove, on the eastern side of the island, not far removed from the water's edge. It was 



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