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PHALACEOCORACID^. 



In one fully adult specimen just coming into breeding-plumage, 

 the whole of the feathers on the top of the head are white with dark 

 tips ; both crests are imperfect and in moult, many of the feathers 

 being half-grown. 



Immature. Top of the head, back of the neck, lower back, rump, 

 npper tail-coverts, and flanks dark smoky-brown with a slight 

 greenish gloss ; back and scapulars smoky-brown, each feather with 

 a dark spot and marginal baud ; wing-coverts paler ; sides of the 

 head, chin, throat, and underparts shining greyish white. 



Bab. Coasts of New Zealand. 



Sir Samuel Scott [P.]. 



a. Imm. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. f. Ad. et 

 imm. sk. 



ff. (5 ad. sk. 



h, i. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 



/, m. c? imm. 



sk. 

 r>,o. d 5 imm. 



sk. 



New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



Christchurcli, S. Island, New 



Zealand, Feb. 

 Akaroa JJead, S. I&land, 



Aug. 2. 

 Duuedin, S. Island, Aug. & 



Dec. 

 Port Cooper, New Zealand 

 (F. Striingv). 



New Zealand Co. [P. 

 Purchased. 

 Colonial Museum, Wel- 

 lington [P.]. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Museum of Economic 



Geology [P.]. 

 Baron A. von Hiigel 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Baron A. von Hiigel 



[P.]. 

 Capt. Stokes, R.N. [P.]. 



7. Phalacrocorax featherstoni. 



Graculus sp., Finsch, J.f. O. 1872, p. 274 [Chatham Is.]. 



Graculus africanus, Hvtton (nee Gmel.), Ibis, 1872, p. 249 [Chatham 



Is.] ; Travers, Tr. N. Z. Inst. v. p. 221 (1873) [Pitt I.]. 

 Phalacrocorax africanus, Hutton {nee Gniel.), Tr. N. Z. Inst. v. 



p. 224 (1873) [Chatham Is.]. 

 Phalacrocorax featherstoni, Buller, Ibis, 1873, p. 90 [Chatham Is.] ; 



id. B. N. Zeal. p. 338, pi. (1873) ; id. Man. B. N. Zeal. p. 96, 



pi. xxxvi. (1882) ; id. B. N. Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 166, pi. xxxix. 



fig. 2 (1888) [Chatham Is.] ; Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. r)33. 

 Graculus featherstoni, linsch, J. f. O. 1874, pp. 174, 215 [New 



Zealand !]. 



Adult in hreeding-plumage. Head, both crests, chin, throat, upper 

 part of the fore-neck, entire back of the neck, lower back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, vent, and under tail-coverts black glossed with 

 dark greenish blue ; upper back, wing-coverts, and scapulars deep 

 brownish grey, with an oil-green gloss, each feather with a tri- 

 ano'ular black spot at the extremity ; rest of underparts dark silvery 

 grey ; quills brownish black ; tail-feathers black. Dark parts of 

 the head and neck ornamented with scattered white plumes. The 

 longest feathers of the crest on the fore part of the head measure 

 less than 1*5 inch, while those of the occipital crest measure 2 inches. 

 The crests are apparently retained throughout the year, while the 



