566 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



d-f. Skeletons of specimen c and of an adult pair in the 

 possession of Lord Raufurly. 



Iris dark brown ; culmen and tip of lower mandible black, 

 cutting-edge of upper mandible and rest of lower mandible 

 yellowish-orange ; legs and feet orange ; webs, joints, and 

 soles dusky. 



We found the Southern Merganser very rare on the 

 Auckland Islands ; it flies well (F. W. Button) . 



In addition to the above, the British Museum has recently 

 received an adult male of this bird from Auckland Islands, 

 presented by Lieut. Kennett Dixon, R.N. 



We have examined altogether five birds in the flesh, and 

 the sex of these has in each case been easily determined. 

 The males may be distinguished by their larger size, longer 

 bill and crest. It is quite a mistake to suppose that the 

 female has no crest and has the top of the head and neck 

 greyer in colour than in the male (cf. Buller, op. cit. 

 p. 379). 



The comparative measurements of six specimens are as 



follows : — 



Culmen. Crest. "Wing, 



in. in. in. 



Adult male 2-8-29 22 73-7'Q 



Adult female 2*5 1-8 70 



58. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) . 



Phalacrocorax carbo Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 340 (1898) . 



The Common Cormorant was not procured, but, referring 

 to the species, Mr. Richard Henry says : — " The big Black 

 Cormorant used to have a breeding-place on the west bank 

 of the Waiau River, halfway between Manipouri and Te 

 Anau Lakes. The nests, like those on Anchor Island, were 

 built of sticks and placed in forks of trees leaning over 

 the water, but in this instance they were much higher and 

 situated over a rapid in the most inaccessible part of that 

 mad river. Unlike P. stewarti, this species has a regular 

 breeding-season ; and in this rookery, the only one of the 

 kind I have seen, about 15 out of 30 nests were occupied in 



