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nidos in arboribus stniit, ova reperimus in nidis mense 

 Apiili ; mense Maio pullos circiter 4 vel 5 ; ova quoque 

 Jiinio et Octobri ac Novembri ct viiidi caenilescentia, niag- 

 iiiludine circiter ovorum anatinorum : nidi e virgultis et 

 raamlis arborum." Forster. 



The Expedition's specimens were shot at the Bay of 

 Islands. 



Gracalus chalconotus. 

 Plate 21 * 

 Carbo auritus, Lens. Tr. cV Orn. p. 665 ? 



Sliining greenish blue ; head shining green ; upper part 

 of the back and wings bronzy green, with the edges of the 

 feathers of the former shining green, and those of the wing- 

 coverts dark green ; breast and beneath the body shining 

 green ; quills and tail black, the base of the shafts of the 

 latter white ; head crested with a few linear feathers be- 

 tween the eyes ; eyelids blue, lower margins deep blue and 

 brilliant ; feet white. 



Length, 2 feet 4 inches; bill from gape, 3 inches 6 lines; 

 wings, llf inches; tarsi, 2 inches. 



Mr. P. Earl obtained his specimen at Otago, South 

 Island; where it was called Mapua. 



Gracalus pdnctatus. 



Pelecanus punctatus. Foist. Desc. Anim. p. 104. Icon, 

 ined. 103. 



Spotted Shag, Lath. Sipt. vi. 602. 



Pelecanus punctatus, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 10. 



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



Top of head and the throat sooty black ; back of neck, 

 lower part of back green ; a streak extending from over 

 the eye along the sides of neck to the breast, white ; the 

 upper part of back and wings brownish cinereous, most of 

 the feathers with a spot of black at the tip of each ; tail 

 and thighs black, the latter ornamented with a few white 

 lanceolate plumes; breast and abdomen leaden grey; the 

 head and neck crested. 



Length, 30 inches; bill from gape, 2j inches ; wings, 10 

 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 1 1 lines. 



" Habitat in insula australi Novae Zeelandise, in .Estua- 

 rio Regina; Charlotta;, urinatur, erectus stat in rupibus 

 mari impcndentibus, neque unquam quod sciam arbores 

 frequentat." Forster. 



" Common in Cook's Strait. They are social birds, and 

 build their nests, many together, on high trees overhang- 



ing the rivers and coasts. They lay two white, as large as 

 hen, eggs, and feed especially u])on the eels and smaller 

 fishes of the rivers." Dieffenbach. 



Forster gave, with the figure of this bird, the name of 

 Pa-degga-degga. 



Gracalus carboides. 

 Phalacrocorax carboides, Gould, Desc. of New Sp. of 

 Austr. Birds, p. 7. Proc. Z. S. 1837, 156. 



Top of head, neck, uropygium, tail and beneath the bo- 

 dy shining greenish black ; back and wings bronzy brown 

 margined with shining greenish black ; cheeks, throat and 

 a large spot on the sides, white ; head and neck ornament- 

 ed with small lanceolate white feathers. 



Length, 3 feet 5 inches; bill from gape, 4 inches 2 lines; 

 wings, 1 foot 2| inches ; tarsi, 2:^ inches. 



Gracalus melanoleucus. 



Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hist. 

 Nat. viii. 88. Gould, B. of Austr. 



Pelecanus dimidiatus, Ctiv. 



Phalacrocorax flavirhynchus, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837, 

 157. 



Top of head, back of neck, upper part of back, bend of 

 wings and tail, shining black ; wings (except some of the 

 coverts) and lower part of back deep grej', margined with 

 pure black, the other parts entirely white. 



Length, 1 foot 10 inches; bill from gape, 2 inches 2 

 lines ; wings, 9^^ inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 7 lines. 



The specimen which was obtained by the Expedition, 

 diff"ers from the Australian specimens by the white spot of 

 the wing-coverts. 



Gracalus brevirostris. 

 Phalacrocorax brevirostris, Gould, Desc. N. Sp. of Aust. 

 Birds, p 8. Proc. Z. S. 1837, p. 26. 



Shining black, slightly tinged with green ; wings and 

 scapulars greyish black, margined with pure black ; quills 

 brownish black, with pale tips ; tail black, a line from the 

 nostrils extending over each eye, cheeks, throat and fore 

 part of neck, white. 



Length, 2 feet ; bill from gape, 2^ inches ; wings, 9j 

 inches ; tarsi, 1 inch 4 lines. 



Two specimens contained in the Museum collection, 

 were obtained by the Expedition whilst in the Bay of 

 Islands. 



