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the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol. XI., p. 330, 

 under the name of Pltalacrocorax magellcmivus, Ginl. I find how- 

 ever, that they differ from P. magellanicus in not having the white 

 spot under the ear, and in the bare skin in front of the eyes 

 being blue with crimson dots, instead of red. From P. purpurascens 

 Brandt, and from P. sarmientonus, King, the Campbell Island 

 bird differs in having a narrow white alar band, and in the feet 

 being flesh color, instead of brownish-yellow. I find it comes 

 nearest to P. nycthemerus, if not identical with that species. 



Phalacrocorax nycthemerus, Cab. 



Head, neck, back, rump, thighs and upper tail-coverts blue- 

 black ; shoulders, scapulars, and wing-coverts green-black, except 

 a very narrow bar of white, formed by some of the upper wing- 

 coverts ; chin, throat, and whole under surface of body (except 

 the neck) white ; wings and tail brownish black. Head crested, 

 a few linear white feathers above the eye and on the upper part 

 of the neck. Irides brown. Skin in front of eye dark blue, the 

 minute papillae crimson, sparingly clothed with small feathers 

 Bill dark brown passing into orange at the base of both mandibles; 

 gular skin bright orange. Legs and feet flesh-color, with the 

 soles and the joints on the upper surface black ; webs flesh-color, 

 shading into black towards the margin. A narrow strip of white 

 feathers runs along the centre of the chin pouch. 



Immature. — The whole of the upper surface, neck, wings, and 

 tail dark brown, in places glossed with greenish, no white alar 

 bar ; chin, throat, and belly white. Skin before the eye, dull 

 orange with crimson spots ; bill brown passing into orange at 

 the base of the mandibles, gular pouch orange. Feet as in the 

 adult, but not so pink. 



Length 28 inches ; extent 39 ; wing 10'5 ; tail 6 ; culmen 22 ; 

 bill to gape 31, depth at nostrils -52, breadth -43 ; tarsus 2-4 ; 

 outer toe (without claw) 3-8 j middle toe 2*85 ; inner toe 1-85 • 

 hind toe 1*25. 



