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



and they may be scarce there now. They live on ' Bull- 

 heads/ and I do not ever remember finding anything else in 

 them.' 



62. Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt). 



Graculus sulcirostris Finsch, J. f. O. 1874, pp. 174, 214 

 [New Zealand ?] . 



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

 p. 376 (1898). 



This species is doubtfully recorded by Dr. Finsch from 

 North Island, but it was not procured by Lord Ranfurly, 

 and can only be a straggler to the New Zealand coasts. 



63. Phalacrocokax traversi Rothsch. 

 Phalacrocorax traversi Rothschild, Bull. B. O. C. ,viii. 



no. lviii. p. xxi (1898). 



a-d. Adult, immature, et pullus. Macquarie Is. 14th 

 January, 1902. 



e. Immature. Port Ross, Auckland Is., 4th July, 1901 

 {Commander J. P. Rolleston). 



f. Adult. Carnley Harbour, Auckland Is., 9th July, 

 1901 (/. P. R.). 



" An adult specimen of the Macquarie-Island Shag in 

 breeding- plumage has the iris dark brown, the naked skin 

 round the eye purple, the nasal caruncles orange, the gular 

 pouch orange-yellow spotted with black, the bill greyish- 

 black, paler towards the tip, the tarsi and toes greyish-brown, 

 and the webs dark brown " {Banfurly). 



Commander J. P. Rolleston records the soft parts of the 

 adult bird killed at Carnley Harbour as follows : — a Iris 

 brown; upper mandible black, lower red; tarsi and feet light 

 red." 



An immature bird has "the iris brown, the skin round the 

 eye and the bill grey, and the legs and feet grey, tinged with 

 yellow" {Banfurly). 



This species, which is new to the British Museum Collection, 

 is very closely allied to P. verrucosus from Kerguelen Land, 

 but may be distinguished by its larger size and by possessing 

 a well-marked alar bar. It is verv interesting to find this 



