52 BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 
head, crested ; legs and feet, flesh color. In the young the upper surface 
is grey, and the lower white. 
ou Wes D250 5. by 2. 
(?) Hgg.—Yellowish white ; length, 2:22 ; breadth, 1-48. 
Both Islands. Peculiar to New Zealand. 
TACHYPETES. JVrevll. 
Bitt, longer than the head, hooked at the tip ; wings, very long and 
narrow ; tail, long, forked ; tarsi, very short, half covered with feathers ; 
membrane between the toe, deeply indented. 
155. TACHYPETES AQUILUS. L. O.M. 
Frigate Bird. 
Male.—Entirely black, glossed with green and blue on the back of the 
neck. Pouch, red, extending far down the neck. In N.M. 
Wiot ss W225 6. 55 'T., 00. 
Female.—Above, dark brown ; head and neck, white ; throat, tinged 
with reddish buff ; breast, flanks, and vent, dark brown; abdomen, 
white. 
loo We. o0s. Bibs L,'6. 
An occasional visitor. Tropical parts of the Atlantic and Pacific 
Oceans. 
PTILOPTERI. Penguins. 
Wings, short, covered with scale-like feathers ; tail, composed of narrow 
rigid feathers ; tarsi, very short; anterior toes, united by a web; hind 
toe, very small and united to the tarsus. 
Southern hemisphere. 
APTENODYTES. Jorst. 
Bii1, longer than the head, rather slender ; lower mandible covered with 
a smooth naked skin ; tail, very short ; tarsi, covered with short feathers. 
156. *APTENODYTES PENNANTII. Gray. 
“HEAD and hind part of the neck, brown ; back, dark blue; below, 
white ; a spot of yellow on the ears; bill and legs, black.” 
His, ile, 
South Sea Islands, Stewart’s Island ? 
I have seen no specimen. Mr. Ellman seems to be the authority for 
it, but his bird was probably Ludyptes pachyrhynchus. 
