lOO XKW ZKALAND BIRDS. 



169. Eudyptes pachyrhynchus. Gray. 



Chested Pengiin. Tawaki. 

 (Plate XXXVII.) 

 Hend unci thront, black, with a plume of elongated yellow fcatliers OTer each eye ; back, 

 blue-black ; below, wliite ; feet, red. 

 L., 29 ; W., 9 ; B., 3 ; T., 1-25. 

 Eab. — Both Islands. 



" This fine Crested Penguin is occasionally met witli on the shores 

 of both Xorth and South Islands ; but it is by no means numerous ; 

 and nothing is at present known ol' its breeding-stations. 



" A specimen caught in the castaway wreck of a brig near the 

 Wellington Ilcads^ in 1856, Avas brought to me in a moulting condi- 

 tion, and presented a very singular appearance, the plumage peeling 

 off, as it were, in large patches, and disclosing to view a short under- 

 growth of new feathers : the whole process was coniijlcted in two or 

 three days.'^ — Buller. 



170. Eudyptes chrysocomus. Forst. 



Yellow-chested Penguin. 



Crown, sides of liead, throat, and hind part of neck, black ; rest of upper surface, bluish- 

 black, each feather with a central streak of pale-blue ; from base of upper mandible, on 

 each side, a broad line of pale golden-yellow passes over the eyes and is continued beyond 

 in a crest of fine pointed feathers extending two inches beyond the head. Under-parts, 

 silvery-white. 



L., 27 ; W., 8-5 ; B., 2-75 ; T., 1-5. 



171. Eudyptes filholi. lluUon. 



Similar to E. chrysocomus, but "easily distinguished by the superciliary yellow streaks 

 commencing behind tlio termination of the culmen, instead of between the termination of 

 the culmen and tlie nostrils, and by the dark colour of tlie back advancing on the sides of 

 the lower neck. From E. chrysocomus it is also distinguished by the narrowness of the 

 bill, and tlie different shape of the black mark on the under-surface of the apex of the wing." 

 (Hutton.) 



L., 23; W., 5-75; B., 2 ; T, 1. 



Hab. — Campbell Island. 



172. Eudyptes schlegeli. Finseh. 



EoYAL Penguin. 



Forehead, bright canary-yellow, continued backwards into a fine coronal crest of that 

 colour, with scattered black shaft-lines ; hind part of head, and all the upper surface, blue- 

 black ; edges of the mandibles washed with yellow; face, sides of the head, throat, and all 

 the under-surface, silky-white ; the fore-neck clouded with grey. Bill, reddish-brown. 



L., 29 ; W., 6-5 ; B., 2-75 (culmen, 2-5). 



Effy. — White ; length, 3"25 ; breadth, 2" !•. 



Jfab. — Campbell Island. 



Note. — There are some fine specimens of this bird in the Otago Museum. 



173. Eudyptes vittata. Finseh. 



Top of the head, brown, inclining to bluish on the front, and passing into pale-brown 

 towards the back of the head ; sides of the lica 1 and throat, brown, witli a broad superciliary 

 white streak; upper pirt of neck and bark, brown, incliunig to bluish in places ; under- 

 surface, pure white. Bill, reddish-brown ; feet, red, with blackish webs. 



L., 28; W., 7-1 ; B., 2-32 (culmen, 21). 



Ifab. — Southern extremity of New Zealand. 



