NATATORES. 517 



Genus CHRYSOCOMA, Stephens. 



The members of this genus are among the most ornamental 

 of this fine family, the graceful plumes trending backwards 

 from the sides of their heads adding much to their beauty. 

 They are neither the largest nor the smallest members of the 

 family; some species exceeding them in size, while others are 

 much less. 



Sp. 668. CHRYSOCOMA CATARRACTES. 



Crested Penguin. 



Aptenodytes catarractes, Gmel. Edit. Linn. Syst. Nat., torn. i. p. 558. 



chrysocome, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. ii. p. 878. 



saltatoTj Steph. 



Pinguinaria cristata, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 437. 

 Crested Penguin, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. vi. p. 561. 

 Chrysocoma catarractes, Bonap. Compt. Rend, de I'Acad. Sci,, torn. xli. 

 1856. 



Eud3rptes chrysocome, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, voL vii. pL 83. 



For a fine example of this singular Penguin I am indebted 

 to my friend Ronald C. Gunn, Esq., of Launceston, Tasmania, 

 who informed me that it had been washed on shore on the 

 northern coast of that island after a heavy gale. It is less 

 plentiful in that part of the world than in many others, for 

 although it is occasionally found on the shores of Tasmania 

 and the south coast of Australia, it is most numerous on the 

 islands of Amsterdam and St. Paul. It is found in vast 

 abundance on the island of Amsterdam, where it may often be 

 seen basking and standing erect on the rocks, in company 

 with the seals. 



Head, neck, back, and sides black ; over each eye a stripe 

 of pale yellow feathers, which are lengthened into a crest 

 behind ; wings black externally, their posterior edge and under 



