ox Till'; iircri;i;K\CK nV ITIK CL'KSlTsh I'KNi ; I'l \ — II 11,1,. 7."') 



in k'ugtli. At'tei' the moult the coloiii; oi' tlie crest was bright sulithiir- 

 yellow. Tlie bird had no power oF erecting this crest, but at times, when 

 teased, the feathers of tlie hciid showed up slightly. Fi'oni Dr. JJrooke 

 Nicholls' iuteresting account, this bird had evidently reached its lull 

 plumage befoi-e capture, as the lengtii ot the discarded crest feathers indi- 

 cates. It became very tame, and was christened "Billy." This name was 

 giveu him, Dr. Nicholls informs me, on account of the eagerness with 

 Avhich he answered the call to meals given by rattling a stick on the 

 "billy" in which the small tish were brought to him. "One morning 

 Billy followed some bathers to the beach, a distance of about half a mile 

 from the house. He made strenuous efforts to keep up with the party go- 

 ing across the loose sand, but, finding himself being left behind, uttered 

 such loud ' squawks ' of distress that he had to be carried. On reaching 

 the bathing site, the members of the party donned their bathing attire and 

 made for the open ocean, with Billy following. A heavy surf was running, 

 and as we entered the water Billy paused. Wading further and further 

 out we called to him, and he made an attempt to follow, but Avas swept 

 off his feet and washed ashore by the foaming water, which was not more 

 than eight or nine inches deep. At length, after being knocked down and 

 buffeted by several successive waves he managed to struggle into watei" 

 about a foot deep, and then, swimming swiftly, shot like an arrow towards 

 us. Once in the breakers the bird had all the best of it, and we dived 

 and chased after him through the waves as one might romp with a dog 

 ashore. Tiring of the sport, Billy commenced to dive and hunt for tish, 

 and gradually went out to sea. We called to him by nan^e, and, turning 

 his head, he answered once ov twice with a loud squawk, but kept paddling 

 ocean wards all the time. He had suddenly realised that he was once 

 again in the open ocean, and not conHned by the four cemented walls of a 

 bath. The sea had called to him and he had obeyed." I am indebted 

 to Dr. Brooke Nicholls for the photograph of Billy in the bath house, 

 reproduced in PL xi., tig. 1. 



In September, 1913*^ a specimen of the Crested Penguin canie ashore 

 between the Mersey and Don Rivers, not far from Devon])ort on the 

 north coast of Tasmania. Mr. PI. Stuart Dove says: — "This is the 

 first Crested Penguin 1 have ever seen in the north of the Island, 

 although two or three have been taken in the soufli, where one would 

 naturally expect to see those which have sti'ayed I'roni the Antarctic 

 Islands which are their home. The specimen in question was in splendid 

 order, evidently only just deceased, and luxd escaped the battering of the 

 reefs; stuffed and 7uounted, he forms a conspicuous addition to my collec- 

 tion of natural curiosities. He evidently had another moult to undei'go 

 beft)re reaching maturity, the measurements and colouring not quite agree- 

 ing Avith those given by the authorities for an aelult. In my specimen I 

 should describe the upper surface as a fine dark metallic blue, upper sur- 

 face of wings the same, tail somewhat lighter blue ; under surface, silvery 

 Avliite, except the throat and chin, ivJiich are axhij-ichite, with a s)iiall dark 

 pafrJi a little below the base of beak. Sides of the head below the crest, 

 a darkish grey ; forehead, bluish-grey. The wings above are of the same 



'^ Dove — The Crested Fengnin (Qatar rhactes chrysocome- Forster), in Australian 

 Waters (Ibis (10), iii., 1915, p. 87). 



