Vol. XXI. 



STUART-SUTHERLAXD, Types of Pcuyuius 201 



(2) Head of the Adelie Penguin (Pyijoscelis adclie) ; drawn 

 from a skin with the following measurements : Length, 770 m.m. ; 

 wing, 188 m.m.; tail, 122 m.m.; bill, 37 m.m. 



Around the eyelids white; the upper part of the head, neck 

 and throat bluish black, with the remainder of the upper sur- 

 face just a shade lighter. Breast and abdomen pure white; bill 

 reddish brown with black at the tip of the upper mandible and 

 black along the cutting edges ; feet Hesh colour with black plantar 

 surfaces. 



(3) Head of the Yellow-crested Penguin (Bndyptes chryso- 

 conie) ; drawn from a mounted specimen. Length, 603 m.m.; 

 wing, 170 m.m.; tail, 72 m.m.; bill, 43 m.m. 



The upper surface bluish-black, darker on the crowii and 

 sides of the head ; breast and abdomen white. From the base 

 of the upper mandible on each side a broad line of canary 

 yellow passes over the eye and is continued beyond in a crest of 

 fine filamentous feathers. The crest feathers in the specimen 

 shown are shorter than in the majority of individuals I have 

 seen. Bill brownish red; feet pale flesh colour above, black 

 beneath. 



(4) Head of the Yellow-eyed Penguin {Megadyptes ant'ipo- 

 dum) ; drawn from a skin with the following dimensions : Length, 

 654 m.m. ; w ing, 189 m.m. ; tail, 66 m.m. ; bill, 56 m.m. 



The crown of the head light yellow, very finely streaked with 

 black and margined with a quarter-inch band of clear yellow 

 without streaks. The throat and face on the sides lightly tinged 

 with yellowish grey, becoming more yellow below the gape. 

 Upper plumage dark slaty grey ; under surface white w^ith tw^o 

 isolated grey feathers ; feet pinkish tlesh, and the bill light red- 

 dish horn colour. 



(5) Head of the Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor). From a 

 mounted specimen. Length, 390 m.m. ; wing, 115 m.m.; tail, 

 23 m.m. ; bill, 34 m.m. 



Upper surface light dull greyish blue; the flippers darker and 

 edged posteriorly with white; under surface pure white; the 

 upper breast and neck inclining to greyish; feet dull white flesh 

 colour, and the bill dark bluish horn. 



Members will be pleased to learn that, at the last Annual Con- 

 gress of the A.O.U., our veteran ex- President, ex-Editor, and 

 ardent field and cabinet ornithologist, Air. A. J. Campbell, 

 C.M.B.O.U., was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union — a signal honour held by no other Austra- 

 lian. The recipient is congratulated on his well-merited recogni. 

 tion as the leading Australian ornithologist. 



