19 



Length, 1 foot 4 inches; bill from gape, 2 inches; wings, 

 ll^^ inches. 



" Habitat ad scopulos quos niave alluit, in insula austra- 

 li NovtE Zeelandiiu, et imprimis in Porta Obscuro ; natat, 

 piscatur pisccs gregatini sestnaria intrantes pro generandis 

 et pariendis ovis." Foister. 



The native name of this bird is Piapuka. They are nu- 

 merous at the whaling stations, especially during the sea- 

 son for taking the whales ; also at Mount Egmont, and off 

 Auckland Island. 



Subfamily, Sternince. 



Sterna frontalis. 



Plate 20.* 



Front, below the eyes, nape, throat, breast, abdomen, 

 tail and inner margin of the webs of quills, white ; back 

 and wings pale silvery grey ; top of the head above the 

 eyes and hind head deep black. 



Length, 1 foot 4 inches ; bill, 2 inches 4 lines ; wings, 

 10 inches 7 lines ; tarsi, 9 lines. 



Young ? Striated Tern, Lath. Syn. vi. 358, pi. 98. 



Sterna striata, Gmel. Sijst. Nat. i. 609. 



Crown and sides of head below the eyes white, mottled 

 with black ; back part of head and nape black ; neck be- 

 hind, back and scapulars white, transversely waved with 

 black, many of the feathers being tipped with that colour ; 

 wing-coverts bluish white, some of the lesser mottled with 

 black ; quills bluish white, with the outer margins black ; 

 tail white, some of the feathers edged and others tipped 

 with black. 



Length, 12 inches .? 



Sterna ? Antarctica. 



Sterna antarctica, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 107. Wagl. 

 Isis, 1832, 1223. 



Head grey, with a spot before and behind each eye, 

 black ; cheeks, throat and abdomen snow white ; breast, 

 back and tail cinereous ; uropygium white ; quills black, 

 w ith white shafts ; bill with the base red and tip black ; 

 legs red. 



Length, lOj inches; bill from gape. If inch ; wings, 

 tarsi, 



" Habitat in insula australi Novse Zeelandiae in ^Estua- 

 rio Reginae Charlottae." Forster. 



Hydrochelidon albostriata. 

 Plate 21. 



Top of head, back of neck to the nape, deep black ; a 

 line of pure white extending along the margin of the black 

 from the gape to the nape ; back, wings, tail and beneath 

 the body, grey ; tail-coverts both above and below, and 

 the outer tail-feathers, mostly white ; bill and legs red. 



Length, Hi inches; bill from gape, 1 inch 4 lines; 

 wings, 10} inches ; tarsi, 7 lines. 



Mr. P. Earl informs me, that this species comes to the 

 vicinity of Waikouaite to breed in the month of December, 

 at other times it is rarely seen. It is known by the name 

 of Tarapiroe by ihc natives. 



Family, Pelecanid.e. 



Subfamily, PelecaiiiiicB. 



SuLA serrator. 



Sula australis, Gould {iioii Stepli.) Proc. Z. S. 1840, 177. 

 Pelecanus serrator, Banks, Icon. ined. 30. 

 Sula cyanops, Sundev. } 



Snow-white ; top and sides of head reddish buff; quills, 

 some of the secondaries and the four middle tail-feathers 

 bronzy black ; basal part of the shafts of quills and those 

 of the middle tail-feathers white. 



Length, 2 feet 114^ inches; bill from gape, 5 inches; 

 wings, 1 foot 7 inches ; tarsi, 2 inches. 



Dr. Dieffenbach informs us that this bird is the Tara of 

 the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



Gracalus cirrhatus. 



Pelecanus cirrhatus, Gmel. S. N. i. 576. 

 Phalacrocorax imperialis. King. 



Top and sides of head, back of neck, nape and uropygi- 

 um shining blue-black; wings and scapulars shining green- 

 black ; quills and tail brownish black ; beneath the Viody, 

 an oblong spot on each wing, and some long linear feathers 

 over each eye, white ; space round the eyes, throat, and 

 round the base of bill naked, the latter carunculated ; the 

 feathers on the top of the head much lengthened, slender, 

 and most of them are curved forwards. 



Length, 2 feet 5j inches ; bill from gape, 3j inches ; 

 wings, 12 inches ; tarsi, 2|- inches. 



Young. Pelecanus caruncuhitus, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 

 102. Icon. ined. 104. Gmel. Sijst. Nat. i. 



This state differs by wanting the crest on the head, the 

 long linear white feathers over each eye, and the oblong 

 spot on each wing. 



Gracalus varius. 



Pelecanus pica, Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 104. Icon, in- 

 ed. 106. 



Pied Shag, Lath. Syn. vi. 605. 



Pelecanus varius, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 575. 



Carbo albiventer, Less. 



Phalacrocorax hypoleucos, Gould, Proc. Z. S. Birds of 

 Austr. 2^1. 



Top of head, back of neck, thighs and lower part of the 

 back, shining greenish black ; upper part of the back and 

 wings greyish green, margined with shining greenisli black; 

 sides of the head and beneath the body jjure white ; tail 

 dull black; orbits yellow, and the eyes encircled with blue. 



Length, 2 feet 4 inches ; bill from gaj)e, 3j inches ; 

 wings, llj inches; tarsi, 2j inches. 



Young. Head, neck, back and wings brown ; the two 

 last margined with deep brown ; uropygium and thighs 

 greenish black ; the tail dull black ; breast and abdomen 

 white, mottled with pale brown. 



Length, 2 feet 9 inches ; bill from gape, 3j inches : 

 wings, llj^ inches ; tar.si, 2} inches. 



" Habitat in tota insula australi Novas Zeclandije, victi- 

 tat piscibus, supra marc secundum liltora volitat, inhians 

 prscdffi : scopulis arboribusque erectus iusidet, uriualur. 



