648 IMPEKJfE?. 



2. Eudyptiila albosignata. 



Eudyptula albosiguata, Finsch. P. Z, S. 1874, p. 207 [Akarna, South 

 1., New Zealand!; id. J. f. O. 1874, pp. 174, 219; Skaiye, Voy, 

 Erebus &) Terror, Birds, App. p. 3o (187oj ; Finsch, Travis. N. Zeal. 

 Inst. viii. p. 203 (1876). 



Eudyptula minor, Buller, B. N. Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 800 (1888) [part 

 synonymy]. 



Adult. Very similar to E. minor, but larger. The upper parts 

 of a much lighter greyish-hlue, both the outer and inner margins 

 of the flippers widely bordered' with wliite, and iu addition a 

 more or less distinct white patch towards the njiddle of the inner 

 margin. Upper tail-coverts as well as the tail-feathers generally 

 white. Tail composed of 10 feathers. Total length about 16-5 inches. 



Bill. 



, * -■ , prnnpr T '1 Middle toe 



Nasal opening Gape Exposed IP' • and claw, 

 to tip. to tip. culmen. 



in. ill. in. in. in. in. 



VZ 215 res 6-6 12 21 



Hah. Coasts of New Zealand. 



a, b. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Colonial Museum [E.]. 



c. Ad. sk. New Zealand. Sir Samuel Scott [P.]. 



d. Imm. sk. New Zealand. Sir E. Home [P.]. 



e. Adult skeleton, [Tasmania.] Eyton Coll.* 



G. SPHENISCUS. 



Type. 



Spheniscus, Brisson, Orn. \i. p. 96 (1/60); Kyati, 



P. Bust. Soc. xiv. p. 242 ( 1872) S. demersus. 



Dypsicles, Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. p. 476 (1842) . . S. demersus. 



Bill rather long and stout, the groove dividing the culmiuicorn 

 from the latericorn inconspicuous. Uasal part of the upper and 

 lower mandibles furrowed by numerous longitudinal ridges. Tail 

 very short, composed of 18 or 20 feathers, which are almost hidden 

 by the longer upper tail-coverts. Well-developed white superciliary 

 stripes. Size moderate. 



Range. Cape of Good Hope to the Falkland Islands and Straits of 

 Magellan, extending northwards along the east coast of Peru to the 

 Galapagos Islands aud on the west to Itio Grande do Sol. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Fore-neck between the black bands on the throat 

 and chest pure white. 



A. White eyebrow-stripe wider, and extending 



to the lores demersus, p. 649. 



B. White eyebrow-stripe narrow, commencing 



behind the eye humboldti, p. 650. 



* Euclyptes sp., Eyton, Oat. At. pi. It. L. & pi. 38. fig. 1 (1867). 



