74 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN' MUSEUM. 



tint as the back ; beneath, white, with bi'oad patch of dark blue at the 

 tips, the same kt the base, extending somewhat on to body in front of 

 wing ; there is also a border of dark blue on the upper edge, but 

 not extending to the tip. Beak, dark I'ed ; feet, reddish, webbed, 

 with strong nails. The tail is long for a Penguin, and formed of 

 stili", narrow feathers. The crest is black, formed of tine pointed feathers, 

 the pale yellow appejaring only underneath, and beginning behind the eye. 

 Total length, 2-i inches ; wing, G in. ; tail, o in. ; foot (on flat, with tar.sus), 

 4.5 ; beak, 2 in ; crest. 3 in. 



Mr. Dove has furnished me Avitli a photograpli of this bird, stulTtMl 

 and mounted (PL xi., fig. 2). 



Mathews^ introduced Fenijuinus^ Brunnich, to i-eplace Catarrarfes, 

 Brissun, but later (with Iredale),!^' he accepted the dictum of his I'eviewer, 

 "J. A. A." in "The Auk," rejected Peiiguiitus and adopted tlie genus 

 Eudyptes, Vieillot, for the Crested Penguins. 



Taking Eiulijptes rhrijsocome, Forster (the Crested Penguin) as the 

 dominant species, Mathews and Iredale grouped E. /xiclu/rhi/nchus, Gray, 

 the Victoria Penguin, E. lichiteri, Buller, the Big-crested Penguin, and 

 7i'. ^7//()//, Hutton, the Campbell Island Crested Penguin, as sub-species. 

 Tliey separated bJ. scldeijfJi, Fiusch, tlie Macaroni Penguin, as a dominant 

 species, and stated that " the Macquarie Island, P. sclilcfjeli, is tlie New 

 Zealand representative (but seemingly specifically distinct) of the Falk- 

 land Island, 1\ rhri/solojj/iHS.'''' [The initial P. (Pi'tiijiilitiiti) is evidently 

 Avritten in error for E. (Eudijptes)']. The New Zealand range of the 

 varieties of the Crested Penguin according to these authors is as follows : — 

 E. chrijtiocotiie (Tasmania), New Zealand (? breeding on the south-west 



coast): Anti[)odes Island (bi-eeding) : ? Macquarie Island (breeding). 

 E. paclijrhi/iichns. New Zealand Seas: Snares Island (breeding). 

 E. scJ uteri. New Zealand Seas: Auckland Island (breeding) ? Bounty 



Island (breeding). 

 E.fillioli. Campbell Island (biveding). 



Almost synchionously'^ Matliews gives IL juirlnirlniiii'/ins. Gray, 

 as the Australian representative oF the species. As he ado])ted Forster's 

 Tasmanian bird as the type of the species, the inclusion of the New Zea- 

 land variety in the Australian list is a])parently an error. 



The Australian range of the Crested Penguin is given by various 

 authors as follows: — 

 Ramsay.^- Gulf of Carpentaria, New South WaU's, Victoria and South 



Australia, Tasmania. 

 Cami)bell.i'^ Coasts of New South ^\^lU■s, \'icturia, South and West 



Australia, Tasmania. 



" Mathews — On some uecessai-y alterations in the Nomenclature of l!ird.s 

 ( Novitalcs Zoolo(iica;, xvii., IS) 10, p. 197). 



'" Mathews and Iredale— A Reference List of the Birds of New Zealand. Pt. i. 

 (Ibis (10) i., 191:5, p. 219). 



"' Mathew.s— A List of the Birds of .\ustraliii. 1913. 



1- Ramsay — Tabular List of Australian Birds, 1888. 



la Cami)bell — Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds, 1901, 



