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morning of September 11 Hivaoa and Motane came into view. 

 Although it was originally planned to make this wonderful group 

 one of the principal points for biological work, various delays ab- 

 sorbed the time so that finally only 18 days were spent among the 

 five islands visited. 



Hivaoa, Fatuhiva, Uahuka, Nukuhiva, and Eiao (pis. 8 to 10) 

 were visited in turn, and whenever natives were met they welcomed 

 the party and gave assistance in securing biological material. The 

 great stretches of forest and the high mountains and towering peaks 

 of the islands make the collector feel that great possibilities are in 

 waiting if only time were available for full exploration. The 

 Tuamotu group was reached on October 2 and a week was spent at 

 the three atolls of Fakarava, Takaroa, and Toau (pi. 10). Most 

 of the collecting was done among the coconut groves on Toau. 

 These low-lying coral atolls are in marked contrast to the towering 

 Marquesas, with their liigh volcanic peaks and numerous valleys 

 and canyons. 



The following day, after leaving the Tuamotu Islands, Papeete, 

 Tahiti, was reached (on October 9). Collecting was then at an end, 

 and on October 15 the party sailed on the steamship Makura for 

 San Francisco. 



SPHENISCUS MENDICULUS Sundcvall 



Galapagos penguin 



Spheniscus mendiculus Sundevall, Pi'oc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 129. 

 (James Island, Galapagos Archipelago.) 



The two females taken were obtained at Tagus Cove, Albemarle 

 Island, Galapagos, August 25, 1929. 



Although the penguin was kept in mind, as we visited the various 

 islands of the Galapagos group, we did not find it until we reached 

 the narrow stretches of water between Narborough Island and 

 Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, late in August. In all not over a 

 dozen were seen. The first individual noted was on an off-lying 

 rock near the shore of Narborough Island. It was several feet 

 above the water and slowl}^ climbed down to escape before it could be 

 photographed. Two others were seen in the general vicinity, and 

 one followed by the launch kept well ahead. In manner of swim- 

 ming it very closely resembled the muskrat. At a point of rock at 

 the entrance of Tagus Cove several were seen about an eddy, and 

 two of them were secured. They were swimming higher and in 

 more grebe-like manner than the one above mentioned. The ovaries 

 were dormant. 



