96 NE\\' ZEALAND niUDS. 



160. Phalacrocorax featherstoni. Bullet: 



CiiATnAM Island Shag. 

 (Plate XXXTI.) 



Head, iijiper jioition of ucck, and tlie whole of the naiit\ witli the vertical and occipital 

 crests, shining iudigo-black ; sides and hind part of neck, ornamented with fdamentous 

 white feathers having spatulate lips ; mantle, olivaceous-brown, glossed with green, each 

 feather witli a terminal spot of black; back and iipjjcr tailcoverts, indigo-bltick ; lower 

 part of fore-neck, and middle portion of abdomen, beautiful grey; sides of the bodv and 

 rest of undcr-parts, indigo-black. Bill, dark-brown ; legs, orange-yellow. 



L., 22 ; W., 9 ; 13., 2 G ; T., IG. 



Hab. — Chatham Islands. 



" Tliis bciuitit'ul addition to the oniitliology of our country \ras 

 one of the novelties brought from the Chatham Islands by ]Mr. Henry 

 Travers on his return from tlie exploratory visit mentioned on a former 

 page. It was referred by Captain Hutton to Graculus africanus ; but, 

 having had an opportunity of examining the original sjiecimen, which 

 was courteously forwarded to me through the Colonial Office, I am 

 satisfied that it represents a totally new and hitherto unrecorded 

 species. 



" I have already associated the name of Mr. Henry Travers with 

 one of the new species discovered by him ; and, in assigning a dis- 

 tinctive title to this bird, I desire to pay a slight tribute to one who, 

 having originally assisted in founding a colony at the Antipodes, has 

 devoted more than thirty years of his life to its political affairs, and 

 now fills the important office of its Agent-General in Great Britain. 

 I do this the more readily as Dr. Feathcrston has always used his 

 influence to encourage and promote scientific researches in New Zea- 

 land, while he has manifested a special interest in the progress and 

 success of the present Avork.'^ — Buller. 



161. Phalacrocorax glaucus. Hombr. e( Jacq* 



Uniform blackish-brown, glossed with green on the upper surface ; back, rump, and 

 thighs, shining steel-blue. Bill, yellowish-brown ; legs and feet, pale-orange. 

 L., 20 ; W., 12-5 ; B., S'To ; T., 275. 

 Hah. — Extreme southern part of Now Zealand. 



162. Phalacrocorax nycthemerus. Cab. 



Crown, sides of the head, and vertical crest, shining blackish green, changing (o brilliant 

 steel-blue on the nape and neck all round ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and thighs, dark 

 steel-blue, lightly glossed ; the whole of the mantle and upper surface of wing^, glossy 

 blackish-green, fading into the steel-blue on the shoulders and back ; the wing-coverts with 

 narrow velvety margins, and the middle ones crossed by a white alar bar about two inches 

 in length. An angular patch of while covers the chiu and throat, and the whole of the 

 iinder-parts are pure white, (he termination of the dark metallic blue being distinctly 

 defined across the crop. The crest is vertical, and consists of soft linear feathers, tlie 

 longest measuring 15. On the face and sides of the head there are scattered white fila- 

 ments during the breeding-season. 



* Voy. P61e Sud, Zool, iii., p. 127, pi. 31, fig. 1 (1S53). 



