1. PHALACKOCORAX. 395 



[part, New Zealand] ; id. B. N. Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 149, pi. xxxviii. 



fig. 1 (1888). 

 Pelecanus pica, Forst. Icon. ined. pi. 100 ; id. Descr. Anim. p. 104 



(1844). 

 Graculus varius, G. R. Gray, Voij. Erebus 8f Terror, Birds, p. 19 



(1845) ; Reichenb. Natatores, pi. xxxv. fig. 874 (1850) ; G. R. Gray, 



Ibis, 1862, p. 251 ; SM. Mus. Paijs-Ba.'i, vi. Pelec. p. 20 (1863) 



[part, N. Zealand] ; G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 128 (1871) [part] ; 



Finsch, J.f. O. 1874, pp. 174, 215 [New Zealand only]. 

 Carbo fucosus, Pcale, Zool. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 268 (1848). 

 Hypoleucus varius, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. Vog. p. vii (1852) ; Bonap. 



Consj). Av. p. 173 (1855). 

 Carbo hypoleucus, Cassin (nee Brandt), U.S. Ex^tl. Exped., Orn. 



p. 372' (1858) [Bay of Islands, N. Zealand]. 

 Carbo leucogaster, Cassin (nee Vieill. nee Gould), U.S. Expl. E.iped., 



Orn. p. 372 (1858) [New Zealand]. 

 Graculus leucogaster, Finsch (nee Vieill., nee Gould), Ibis, 1882, 



p. 402 [Bay of Islands, New Zealand]. 



Adult. Top of the head, back of the ueck, lower back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and thighs brownish black, glossed with very 

 dark green ; upper back, wing-coverts, and scapulars bronze-grey, 

 with a slight greenish gloss, each feather bordered with black, 

 glossed with green ; sides of the head, chin, throat, rest of neck, 

 and underparts pure white ; quills and tail brownish black. Tail 

 composed of 12 feathers. Iris sea-green, a bright yellow spot 

 on the bare space in front of the eye ; naked skin round eye dark 

 blue ; gular sac ypUow ; bill dark horn or brownish yellow, 

 paler at the tip and towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs 

 and feet hla.ck(Bv.Uer). Total length about 2S inches, culmen 2-5- 

 2-6, wing 11-5-11-8, tail 5-5-5-6, tarsus 2-5, outer toe and claw 4. 



Younger examples have the plumage of the upper parts browner, 

 with less green gloss, the white feathers of the neck mixed with 

 brown feathers, and most of the feathers of the breast and belly 

 brown at the extremity, producing a mottled apj)earance. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



a. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Old Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. New Zealand. . New Zealand Co. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Colonial Museum, 



Wellington [P.]. 



d, e. Ad. St. et New Zealand. AntarcticExped.[P.]. 

 imm. sk. 



/, y. Ad. et vix New Zealand. Sir E. Home [P.]. 



ad. sk. 

 k. Vix ad. sk. New Zealand. Sir Samuel Scott 



[P.]. 

 t. Ad. sk. North Island, New Zealand. G. Carrick Stett, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 k, I. Ad. sk. *Christchurch, South Island, • Bai-ou A. von HUgel . 



Feb. [P.]. 



* The smaller of these two birds has the general colour of the back, wing- 

 coverts, and scapulars purplish black, with scarcely airace of green gloss, and 

 the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts black with alu;ost uo green gloss. 



