112 Dr. O. Finsch on two New-Zealand Penyuins. 



45. Asio oTus. 



^golius otus, Severtzoft'^ p. 63. 



Horizontal range. Found throughout the country and du- 

 ring passage^ but is very rare at other seasons. 



Vertical range. Occurs dui'ing migration in districts ] , 2, 

 and 3, and has been observed during the winter in districts 

 1 and 2. 



[To be continued.] 



VI. — On two apparently new Species of Penguin from Neiv 

 Zealand. By Dr. O. Finsch, Hon. M. B.O.U. 

 In a communication from Captain F. W. Hutton, dated 

 ''Dunedin, 30 September, 1874," I received for inspection 

 the subjoined descriptions of two kinds of Penguins, lately 

 procured on the shores of New Zealand. Being pretty well 

 acquainted with the species of the family Ptilopteri, on which 

 I have a monograph nearly ready for publication, I do not 

 hesitate to assert, after a careful comparison, that they both 

 belong to undescribed species. 



EUDYPTES VITTATA, Fiusch. 



? Aptenodytes papua, Vieill. (nee Forst. nee Gmel.) Gal. Ois. 

 ii. p. 246 (nee diagn.) tab. 299. 



" Culminicorn compressed, narrowing posteriorly ; lateri- 

 corn flattened. Top of the head brown, inclining to bluish on 

 the front, and passing into pale brown towards the back of the 

 head. Sides of the head and throat brown ; a broad super- 

 ciliary white streak from the angle between the culminicorn 

 and latericorn to the back of the head, the feathers not pro- 

 longed. The whole of the upper parts of the neck and back 

 brown, inclining to bluish in places. Under surface pure 

 white. Outer surface of wings brown, not margined poste- 

 riorly ; inner surface white, with brown patches on the prox- 

 imal and distal posterior corners. Bill (dry) reddish brown. 

 Feet (dry), toes red, webs blackish. 



" Locality. Dunedin (a single specimen) . 



"Wing 7*1 inches; bill to gape 2*32, culmen 2*1, breadth 

 •75, height in middle "95; mid toe 2*15, claw '75 ; hind toe 

 •35, claw -25. 



