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them, and If caught in the act of sitting, or near her nest, will often 

 counterfeit lameness until the intruder has been enticed to a safe dis- 

 tance. If the drake be shot during the pairing-season, the female will 

 remain near the body ; when the female falls, on the contrary, the drake 

 generally flies merrily away. The note of the female is a plaintive 

 whistle ; that of the drake a sonorous " quack", usually repeated three 

 times. 



These birds do not migrate at all from Kerguelen Island, nor is there 

 any other member of the family Anatidce there represented. They are 

 very palatable, and, since we never shot more at a time than were a.ctu- 

 ally needed, served us for the table during the whole time of our stay. 



GRACULUS CARUIvfCULATUS (Gm.). 



Caruncled Cormorant. — " Shag." 



Felecaniis canaicuJatus, G^felix, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, p. 576, No. 25 (based on the Carun- 



culated Shag, Lath., Syn. iii, 2, p. 603, No. 19). 

 Pdecanus cirrliatits, Gmelix, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, p. 576, No. 28 (based on the Tufted Shag, 

 Lath., Syn. iii, 2, p. 606, No. 22). 



I have no hesitation in identifying this species as above, although the single adult 

 specimen collected does not show the white transalar fascia spoken of by authors. 

 Schlegel, moreover, quotes it from the present locality. The caruncles, which are con- 

 spicuous features of the adult breeding bird, constitute two prominent yellow masses 

 symmetrically disposed on the naked forehead at each side of the base of the upper 

 mandible. The head and neck are lustrous, deep steel-blue, with purplish and violet 

 reflections, contrasting notably with the rich dark-green back, the color of which is 

 uniform, the feathers having no differently-colored edges. The entire under parts, 

 from the bill, on a line along each side of the neck, are pure white.^ — C. 



List of specimens, witli measurements. 



Billhlack; upper mandible sharply hooked; lower straight. Xoscrils 

 2, extending nearly to point of bill. Caruncles at base of bill brilliant 

 yellow. Eyelid cobalt-blue. 



