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Dr. Dieffenbach says that the female lays two white eggs 

 in the crevices of rocks and holes near the sea-shore. The 

 natives call this bird Korora. 



EUDYPTES PACHYRHYNCHUS. 



Glossy dark blue in the middle of each feather, bordered 

 on the sides with black, and the base white; sides of head 

 and throat dusky black ; front of the neck and beneath the 

 body yellowish white ; a broad line of pale j'ellow from 

 each nostril passing over each eye and extending a little 

 beyond it ; upper side of wings pale blue, the under side 

 mostly white ; bill and feet red, the web black. 



Length, 1 foot 8 inches ; bill from gape, 2^ inches ; 

 wings, 7i inches ; tarsi, Ij inch. 



This specimen diifers from others by the bill being 

 shorter, more elevated, and the supercilious crest commen- 

 cing at the nostrils and not prolonged much behind each 

 eye posteriorly, as in E. chrysocome. 



It is a rare bird at Waikowaiti, and was known there by 

 the name of Tauake. 



EUDYPTES ANTIPODES. 



Plate 27. 



Catarractes antipodes, Homb. et Jacq. Ann. des Sci. 

 Nat. 1841. 



Eudyptes antipodes, G. R. Gray, Dieff. Trav. N. Z. 

 App. p. 199. 



Upper surface pale blue, with a narrow black mark down 

 the middle of each feather ; sides of the neck pale brown ; 

 top of head and cheeks pale yellow with black streaks ; 

 a band of pale yellow from the gape extending through 

 the eyes and round the occiput ; under surface and un- 

 der the wings pure white ; throat brownish white. 



Length, 2 feet 7i^ inches ; bill from gape, 3j inches ; 

 wings, 8| inches; tarsi, 1 inch 8 lines. 



This species is found on Auckland and Campbell's 

 Islands, and on the coast of New Zealand. It is known 

 to some of the natives by the name of Korora. 



Family, Procellarid^. 

 Subfamily, ProceUarinm. 

 Pelecanoides urinatrix. 

 Procellaria tridactyla, Forsl. Desc. Anim. p. 149. Icon, 

 ined. 88. 



Diving Petrel, Lath. Syn. vi. 413. 

 Procellaria urinatrix, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 560. 



Top of head, hind part of neck, back, wings and tail, 

 black ; sides of neck and sides blue ; throat, breast and 

 abdomen pure white. 



Length, 9 inches ; bill from gape, 10| lines, beneath, 5 

 lines ; wings, 5 inches ; tarsi, llg- lines. 



" Habitat ad .^stuarium Reginae Charlottae ; gregaria, 

 uiinatur, in cuniculis in raontibus sylvosis nidificat, noctu 

 quoque volitat et clamat." Forsler. 



On Forsler's drawing is written the name of Teetee, as 

 if given to this bird by the natives. Specimens have been 

 brought from the coast of Auckland Island. 



PUFFINUS ^QUINOCTIALIS. 



Procellaria a;quinoctialis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 213. 



Brownish black, more or less white on the chin and 

 head ; bill white, with the sutures black. 



Length, 1 foot 9 inches ; bill from gape, 2^- inches ; 

 wings, 1 foot 3 inches ; tarsi, 25- inches. 



Often seen on the coast of New Zealand, and the natives 

 call it Taiko. 



PUFFINUS MAJOR. 



Procellaria puffinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 213. 

 PufJinus major, Faber. 



Procellaria tristis, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 205. Icon, 

 ined. 94. 



Procellaria grisea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



Puffinus fuliginosus, Strickl. 



Puffinus cinereus, A. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. t. 56. 



Young ? Entirely sooty black, with the under surface 

 paler ; lower wing-coverts white, with the shafts and mar- 

 gins sooty black. 



Length, 1 foot Q\ inches ; bill from the gape, 2 inches ; 

 wings, 12 inches ; tarsi, 3 inches. 



The only specimen brought home by the Expedition 

 was shot off Auckland Island. 



Thalassidroma marina. 



Procellaria marina. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 826. Gal. des 

 Ois. t. 292. 



Procellaria scquorea, Sol. MSS. Banks, Icon. ined. 13. 

 Procellaria hypoleuca, Webb, et Berth. ? 



Top of head, hind part of neck and a spot on each side of 

 breast, bluish ash colour; back and wing-coverts brown ; 

 upper and lower tail-coverts hoary blue ; quills and tail 

 black ; forehead, streak over each eye, and the under sur- 

 face, pure white. 



Length, 8;^ inches ; bill from gape, 10 lines ; wings, 6j 

 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 8 lines. 



Specimens were obtained off Auckland Island by the 

 Expedition. 



Procellaria gigantea. 



Procellaria ossifi-aga, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 343. Icon, 

 ined. 93 a. 



Procellaria gigantea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 563. 



Top of the head dusky ; sides and fore part of the neck, 

 breast and belly, white ; neck behind and upper parts of 

 body pale brown, mottled with dusky white ; scapulars, 

 wing-coverts, quills and tail dusky brown ; sometimes en- 

 tirely sooty black. 



Length, 2 feet 10 inches ; bill from gape, 4^ inches ; 

 wings, 1 foot 9| inches ; tarsi, 3 inches. 



Procellaria Cookii. 

 Plate 35. 

 Procellaria Cookii, G. R. Gray, Dieff. Trav. N. Z. App. 



99. 



Procellaria velox, Batiks, Icon. ined. 16 1 



