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147. GRACULUS CARBO. 
I was formerly of opinion that our bird was distinct from G. carbo 
of Europe ; as, after living for two years in the Waikato, where they 
are common, I had never seen one with any white feathers on the head 
and neck ; but, having since then visited the South Island, where birds 
with white feathers in their heads are more common, and, having com- 
pared many New Zealand, specimens with one from Australia, in the 
Colonial Museum, and with another from Scotland, in the Nelson 
Museum, I am convinced that they cannot be separated. 
151. GRACULUS SULCIROSTRIS. 
I have not, as yet, seen any specimens of this bird. Those labelled 
as G. stictocephalus, in the Otago Museum, are only G. punctatus, in 
the winter plumage; and the specimen called G. sulcirostris, in the 
collection purchased from Mr. Buller, is nothing but the young of 
G. brevirostris. 
156. APTENODYTES PENNANTII. 
This bird appears to have been admitted into our list on the suppo- 
sition that it was the “ King Penguin” mentioned by Mr. Ellman in the 
“ Zoologist” for 1861. There can, however, be very little doubt but that 
Mr. Ellman meant Ludyptes pachyrhynchus, which is commonly called 
“King Penguin” in the Colony. At any rate, no specimens of the bird 
are in existence, and I should have omitted it from my catalogue but 
that Mr. Buller states that it is found here (Trans. N. Z. Inst.,” 1870, 
p. 14); and, I therefore presume that he has some evidence on the 
subject which he has not yet made public. 
