394 



PHALACROCOEACID-^. 



about 27 inches, ciilmen from feathers on forehead 2-1, depth 

 to cutting-edge 0-4, wing 10-6, tail Fi, tarsus 2-35, outermost toe 

 and claw 4. 



Two specimens obtained on the 13th of January during the 

 voyage of H.M.S. ' Challengei,' though apparently fully adult, 

 show no trace of a crest, but a careful examination shows that the 

 shorter feathers on the top of the head are being renewed by moult, 

 the crest having obviously been cast. The nasal caruncles are well- 

 developed. 



An adult shot on the 4th of July shows the crest partially 

 grown, and the nasal caruncles largely developed, but no trace of 

 an alar bar. 



A youm/er male (obtained on the 13th of January) has the 

 lower breast and belly mixed with dark brown feathers, otherwise 

 the upper parts are very similar to those of the adult and the nasal 

 caruncles are well-developed. 



Two stUl i/ounger females (obtamcd on the 13th of January) have 

 all the underparts brown with the exception of the chin and 

 throat ; the upper parts brown, mixed here and there with metallic 

 feathers like those of the adult. 



The more mature of these two birds has fairly well-developed 

 nasal caruncles, but in the younger example they are entirely 

 wanting. 



Hab. Kerguelen's Land ; ? Crozette Islands. 



a-c. Ad. etimm. 



sk. 

 d-?i. S 9 ad. et 



inim. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 



k. Vix ad. sk. 



/. SkuU. 



m, n. Ad. et pull. 



in spirits. 

 o-x. Embryos 



in spirits. 



Kerguelen's Land. 



Betsy Cove, Kergueleu, Jan- 

 uary 13. 



Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen 

 July 4 {R. McConnick). 



[* New Zealand.] 



Kerguelen. 



Betsy Cove, Kerguelen. 



Antarctic Exped. 



' Challenger' Exped. 



McCormick Bequest. 



Antarctic Exped. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 



Betsy Cove, Kergueleu, June. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



29. Phalacrocorax varius. 



Pied Shag, Latham, Gen. Syn. iii. pt. ii. p. 605 (1785) [Queen Char- 

 lotte Sound, N. Zealand] ; id. Gen. Hist. B. x. p. 428 (1824*. 



Pelecanus varius, Gtnel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 576 (1788); Lath. Tnd. Or/i. 

 ii. p. 890 (1790); Bonnat. Tabl. Eneijcl. Meth. i. p. 51 (1790). 



Hydrocorax fuscescens, I'ieill. N. Diet. d^Hint. Nat. viii. p. 86 (1817). 



Hydrocorax varius, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 90 (1817). 



Pelecanus fuscescens, Vieill. Tabl. Encycl. Meth. i. p. 341 (1820). 



Plialacrocorax varius, Stejjh. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 92 

 (1826) ; G. E. Gray, List of B. pt. iii. p. 187 (1844) ; Buller, B. N. 

 Zeal.^. 328 (1873) [part syn.] ; id. Man. B. N. Zeal. p. 95 (1882) : 



Cf. H. O. Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 541. 



