394 SPHENISIUD.K. 



Young birds with smoky-grey down still adhering to the hind-neck and upper portion of the 

 back, and dull white down slightly washed with smoky-grey on the neck, resemble the adults, 

 but on the upper parts are decidedly of a darlcer and more brilliant blue, the upper part of the 

 nippers have a pronounced bluish gloss, and the inner margin of it is pure white; entire under 

 surface of flipper pure silky-white. Total length in the flesh i6 inches. 



The usual breeding season commences in September and generally lasts until the end of 

 January. The breeding is fairly regular, but on Gabo Island burrows were found containing 

 eggs and young in July, 1902. In the same month it was breeding on Montague Island, about 

 ten miles from Narooma, on the south-eastern coast of New South Wales. 



