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



called White Rock, about 1 1 miles from the mainland. The 

 eggs were taken on 14th July, 1902, and there were besides 

 fresh eggs some young birds probably a fortnight old. 

 These birds are rapidly disappearing, and the colony probably 

 does not number more than 40 adults." 



65. Phalacrocorax onslowi Forbes. 



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

 p. 385 (1898). 



Lord Onslow's Shag is not represented in the present 

 collection. 



66. Phalacrocorax stewarti Grant. 

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



p. 385, pi. v. a (1898). 



a. $ adult. Stewart Island, New Zealand, 17th January, 

 1901. 



b. Adult. New Zealand. Presented by Donald Mackintosh, 

 Esq. 



In the Stewart-Island Shag the " iris is greyish-brown, the 

 ring of naked skin round eye blue, the gular pouch and bill 

 pale brown, and the tarsi and feet flesh-colour " (F. W. H.). 



Writing from Pigeon Island, Dusky Bay, Mr. Richard 

 Henry says : — "This species is very sedentary in its habits, 

 seldom wandering far from the place where it was bred ; it is 

 much tamer than P. chalconotus and less active in its habits, 

 allowing a canoe to pass within a few yards. Its principal 

 breeding-place is on a freshwater lagoon on Anchor Island. 

 It appears to have no fixed breeding-season, as eggs and 

 young are to be found at all seasons of the year. Twice I 

 have been near enough to watch the proceedings of this 

 species under water, and on both occasions when the birds 

 started their dive they used both their feet at once, which 

 looked very awkward, for it made them go along in jerks. 

 They hunt very slowly among stones and weeds until they 

 start a fish, and then use their wings and shoot swiftly 

 through the water, probably using their wings and feet 

 alternately, but the wings are only slightly opened, and they 

 travel so fast that I could not be sure. Their spurt only 



