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IMPEXNES. 



A melanlstic variety of this speciea has heen described and figured 

 under the name of 'Eudyptes atratus [cf. Buller, Birds of New- 

 Zealand, 2nd ed. ii. p. 294, pi. xlvi. fig. 2"(18S8)]. The type was 

 obtained on the Snares, to the south of New Zealand, and is pre- 

 served in the Otago Museum. 



Fig. 1. — Bill of C. 'pachyrhynchus. 



A second melanistic variety, supposed to belong to the same 

 species, was forwarded to Mr. Walter llothschild by Sir Walter 

 Buller. This bird came from the Macquarie Islands, and is 

 without doubt a black variety of C sclilegeli. This is clearly shown 

 by the size and shape of the bill. 



Bill. 



Nasal feathers 



to tip. 



in. 



.. 1-82-1 -9 



1-7 



Gape 



to tip. 



in. 



2-7-2-8 



2-55 



Exposed 



culmen. 



in. 



2-3 



205 



Flipper. Tail. 



in. 



6-9-71 



6-9 



m. 



3-35-3-5 



3-6 



Middle toe 

 and claw. 



in. 



2-8-2-9 



2-6 



Hob. New Zealand, Snares Is., Bounty I., and Chatham Islands. 



a, b. Ad. sk. New Zealand. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. 



d. Ad. sk. New Zealand. 



e. Ad. St. Snares, south of New Zea- 



land. 

 /. Ad. sk. Snares, Jan. 1895 {B. H. 



Travels). 



Hon. W. Rothschild 



[E.]. 

 Purchased. (Type of 



the species.) 

 Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



Countess of Galloway 



[P.]. 

 Hon. W. Rothschild 



[E.]. 



3. Catarrhactes sclateri. 



PEudjTites pachyrhynchus, Sutton {nee Gray), Ibis, 18/0, p. 396 



[Auckland I.]. 

 Eudyptes sp., Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 265. 

 Eudyptes sclateri, Buller, B. N. Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 289 (1888) 



[Auckland I.] ; id. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 82, pi. ix. fig. 1. 



Adult. Very similar to C. pachyrhynchus, but may be easily 

 distinguished by the following characters : — The sides of the culmini- 

 coru run almost parallel to one another from the nasal opening (see 



