78 RECORDS OP THE AU^^TRALIAN MUREFM. 



" Captain Tobias Furneanx, having becoine sepai^ated from our ship 

 about the month of March, 1773, reached the soutliernmost corner of New 

 Holland, and in a harbour called Adventure Baj found this Penguin sit- 

 ting on a rock. One of the sailors disabled it with one blow of a stick, 

 and captured it. He then took it alive to the ship, in which it lived for 

 some days. Wlien it died the skin was stuffed by order of the Captain, 

 and entrusted to me to describe ; my son also made a drawing of it. My 

 distinguished young friend, Joh. vStephan Hausman, M.D., lately a mem- 

 ber of the University of Gcitlingen,-^ had bought another example of the 

 same species in London, and had resolved to place it in the Museum of 

 His Serene Highness, the Duke of Brunswick.-*^ I ordered tliis to be 

 again examined and drawn, giving the commission to .To. Fred Miller, the 

 talented painter and copper plate engraver. These Penguins lay their 

 eggs among the nests of the Cormoi'ants.-*' When angry tliey erect their 

 ci'ests. While swimming they jump out of tli(» \v:iter in k\aps and tlieii 

 dive again." Tlie detailed description of tlie species follows. 



In a note Forster says: — "In the figure of this and of the I'est of 

 the Penguins, I find the artist wanting in accui-aey, especially in regard to 

 the feet; and I draw attention to this lest others be led astray through 

 fault of mine." 



In 1844 Lichtenstein"*' published a volume containing desci^iptions 

 of the animals collected and obsei'ved by Forster during the voyage to the 

 southern seas, compiled from Forster's own annotated papei's. The 

 I'eference to the Crested Penguin is found on page 348 as follows : — 



"The other Captain had iii'st found the Crested Penguin in the 

 southern part of New Holland, and had brought its dried skin with him. 

 I made my drawing and description from this and called the bird 

 Apteiiodytes rhri/socome. Its specific character will, therefore, be properly 

 expressed thus : — 'A. With twin auricular ci'ests drooping and sulj)hiir 

 coloured.' Bougninville describes another Crested Penguin living in 

 colonies at tlic Falkland Islands. It is smaller than the jniftK/oni'i'ti, pro- 

 gresses by leaps, is active, of a rich yellow, with a golden crest whicli it 

 ei'ects when annoyed, and with yellow eyelids. Perhaps this is identical 

 with our chriisocome, or may even be a distinct species ; but the obscure 

 description of the distinguished voyager does not make this cleai-.'" 



From the foregoing extracts, one fact stands out incDiitidveitibly, 

 viz. : that Forstei''s Apteiiodi/tes rhnjsocome is a com])osite, founded on a 

 dried skiji taken in Tasmania, and another, bought in London, said to have 

 been brought from the Falkland Islands. 



In describing his movements fi'oni the time he became se])arate(l in 

 the "Adventure" from Captain Cook in tlie " Resoluticni," Fui'iieaux'" 

 recounts liis arrival at Van Diemen's Land, and sojourn in " Adventure 



27 " Civis nuper (.ieor<j;i!e AugustBe." (Jecii'tjia Auj^^usta is tlie University of 

 Gottiuf^en, comiuonly known by that name to this day. Civis=:Civis acndeuiicus. 



-'* Gi)ttin;^en is in tlie Duchy of Brunswick. 



'-*• "Inter Pelecanoruin nidos ovji (lc])oiniiit." 'I'lie (Vnniorant ri'i'envd to is 

 P. cavnvctihitns. a Falkland I.sland si)ecies. 



3' Lichtcnateiu — Doscrijjtiont's aniuialiuui, etc., 1844. 



■" Cook — A Voyaj^t' towards the Soutli Polo, and Pound tlie Worhl, eto., 1779, 

 i.,1). 112. 



