316 THE ANIMALS OP NEW ZEALAND 



The Auckland Island Shag. 

 PJialacrocorax colensoi. 



Like the last, but with a narrow band of white down the fore neck. 

 Skin on the face purple, the chin crimson, legs and feet flesh colour, eye 

 dark brown. Length of the wing, 10.7 in.; of the tarsus, 2.4 in. In the 

 young, the front of the neck is dark for a short distance as in P. campbelli. 

 Auckland Islands. Intermediate varieties between this species and the 

 last are not uncommon, and it seems possible that they may interbreed. 



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 Pink-footed Shag. 



The Pink-footed Shag. 



PJialacrocorax chaJconotus. 



Entirely greenish black, with flesh-coloured legs and feet. Skin on 

 the face black, the eyelids blue; chin orange. Head crested in the breeding 

 season. Eye brown. Length of the wing, 11.2 in.; of the tarsus, 2.5 in. 

 Egg — X^Hiite; length, 2.7 in. Stewart Island and the southern coasts of 

 Otago. 



The Stewart Island Shag. 

 Phalacrocorax stewarti. 



Above black, glossed with bluish green; below Avhite. A white band on 

 the wing, and a white patch on the lower back. Skin on the face black, 

 the eyelids blue, chin orange, legs and feet flesh-colour. Head crested in 

 the breeding season. Eye bro^vn. Length of the wing, 11.6 in.; of tlie 

 tarsus, 2.8 in. Stewart Island and the southern coasts of Otago. There 

 is a specimen in the Otago University Museum with well marked red 

 caruncles, but usually these are absent. 



