5. ECDYPTULA. 



647 



Bill. 



Nasal opening Gape 

 to tip. to tip. 



1-2 



175 



Exposed 

 culiueii. 

 in. 

 1-4 



Flipper. Tail. 



4-7 



in. 

 135 



Middle toe 

 and claw. 



in. 

 1-9 



Younr/er examples appear to differ from the adult only in having 

 the bill less stout and a trifle longer, aud the tip of the culmen less 

 hooked. 



Young still partially in down. Top of the head, nape, shoulders, 

 and greater part of flippers clothed in dark smoky-brown down ; 

 throat, sides of the head, chest, and middle of belly covered with 

 white down, inclining to dusky across the fore-neck. Back and part 

 of the flippers clothed in shining dark slate-blue plumage, each 

 feather with a black shaft and slate-blue web with transverse 

 black lines across the extremity. Rest of the breast and uuder- 

 parts white. {Mas. Rothschild.) 



Youncj in down. Upper parts, flippers, and sides of the body 

 smoky-brown ; chin and upper throat dusky white, shading to 

 smoky-brown on the fore-neck ; breast and rest of underparts pure 

 white. 



Hah. Coasts of South Australia and Tasmania to New Zealand 

 and the Chatham Islands. 



a, b. Vix ad. sk. 

 c, d. Yix ad. st. 



e-h. Ad. et vix 



ad. sk. 

 i. Vix ad. sk. 

 k-m. S $ ad. et 



pull. sk. 

 M. Vix ad. sk. 

 o. Imm. st. 

 J}, q. Vix ad. sk. 

 /•. Ad. sk. 



«-.r. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 y. Vix ad. sk. 



Australia. 



New South Wales. 



South Australia. 



South Australia. 



Bass's Straits, S. Australia, 



January (jF. M. Rayner). 

 Tasmania. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



New Zealand. 



z. Imm. sk. 



«', b' . Imm. sk. 



c', d'. Ad. sk. 



e'. Adidt skeleton. Australia 



Bay of Islands, N. Island, 



New Zealand. 

 Auckland Uist., N. Island, 



New Zealand. 

 Pitt Island, Chatham Islands. 



Old Coll. 

 Australian Museum 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Gould CoU. 

 Voy.H.M.S.' Herald.' 



Antarctic Exped. 

 Old Coll. 

 Antarctic Exped. 

 Hon. W. Rothschild 



[E.]. 

 Sir E. Home [P.]. 



Capt. Stokes, R.N. 



[P.]. _ 

 Antarctic Exped. 



G. C, Steet, Esq.[P.]. 



Coliinial Museum 



[E.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



