94 NE^V ZEALAND ClllDS. 



153. Phalacrocorax magellanicus. Gml. 



Head, iippk, upper surface, and fhigli?, blue-black ; sboulders, scapulars, and wing- 

 coverts, green-black, except a narrow alar bar of -wliito ; cliin, lliroat, and entire undcr- 

 surface, except the neck, white. Ifcad, crested ; a few linear while feathers above the cvc 

 and on the upper pari of the neck. Bill, brown ; gular skin, bright orange ; feet, flesh- 

 colour, with black soles. In the imniatuvc bird the whole of the upper surface is dark- 

 brown, glossed with greenish ; no alar bar ; undcr-parts, white. 



L., 28 ; W., 10-5 ; B., 31 ; T., 21. 



Hab. — Campbell Island. 



154. Phalacrocorax melanoloucus. Vieill. 



Frillkd SnAO. 

 Above, black; below, white; feathers of the neck, lengthened. In the joung the abdo- 

 men is mottled with black. 



L., 22; W., 9 25; B, 22; T., Iff. 



Hab. — Both Islands ; Australia, Pelew Islands. 



" The Frilled Shag, although disijersed over every part of Au.s- 

 tralia, is a comparatively rare species in New Zealand. It resorts to 

 the rocky shores of hays and estuaries, as well as to inland rivers and 

 lagoons ; and it is said to breed in trees, several pairs being generally 

 associated together." — Buller. 



155. Phalacrocorax chalconotus. Grey. 



Entirely greenish-black, with flesh-coloured feet ; head, crested. 

 L., 28;'W., 11-75; B., 3o ; T., 2. 

 Hab. — South Island ; Auckland Islands. 



156. Phalacrocorax brevirostris. Gouhi. 



White-tiiho.\.tkd Shag. 

 (Plato XXXIV.) 

 Black, with the throat and chin white ; pouch, yellow. Tho young are entirely black. 

 L., 24 ; W., 95 ; B., 225 ; T., 14. 

 Egg. — Bluish-white ; length, 2 ; breadth, 1"35. 

 Ilab. — Both Islands. Peculiar to New Zealand. 



" The White-throated Shag, Avhich appears to be confined to New 

 Zealand and the Chatham Islands, frequents the freshwater rivers and 

 lagoons in all parts of the country. Like some of its congeners it is 

 social or gregarious, obtains its subsistence by diving, and roosts at 

 night on the branches of trees overhanging the water. Its food con- 

 sists chiefly of eels and small fish ; but I have also found the stomach 

 filled with freshwater shrimps. 



" It is very active on the wing, and often ascends to a considerable 

 height in the air, and then sails in wide circles. On these occasions, 

 owing to its narrowness of body and length of neck and tail, it has 

 very much the appearance, when seen from below, of a flying cross. 



" Large numbers are sometimes congregated in the roosting-place ; 

 and wdien disturbed or alarmed they rise into the air simultaneously 

 and course about in a confused manner, resembling at a distance a 

 flight of Rooks." — Buller. 



