Vol. XVII 

 1918 



J NicHOLLS, Siudy of Penguins on The Nohbies, Vic. 121 



collected by Captain Cook on 31st March, 1773. I am indebted 

 to Mr. Hugh Wright, of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, for Forster's 

 original description of the bird. 



Forsier, J. R. — " Historia Aptenodytae." 

 (9) Aptcnodytcs 7niiio)\ rostro niyro, pedibus albidis. 



Habitat in Nova Zealandia. Haec certe species cuniculos agit in 

 niontium latera ; duni enim in poriu ohscuro (Dusky Bay) in insuiam 

 escendeiem, poitui objectam, Phocarum necandadaerum causa, et per 

 summam ejus partum virgultis Pinielecr consitam procedereni ; vix tres, 

 quatuorve passus progredi licuit, quaniinus in cuniculos suberraneos 

 deciderem, usque ad genua, vel etim ad medium cortoris : Deinde incokc 

 ^'■Estuarii EegiticF Charlottcr (Queen Charlotte's Sound) mihi ipsi common- 

 strarunt, qua ratione easeem e mari ad cuniculos in montibus sites 

 succedentes, manibus capiunt vel sustibus enecant, ut eas, pellibus detractis, 

 assare et comedere possent. 



Corpus magnitudine circiter A/iaits <]iicrqiicdnla. 



Rostrum albidum, niandihuiis ina?qualibus, inferiore truncata, reliqua 

 cum Palato Linauaqnc ut en congeneribus. 



Ociili I ride livida. 



Pedes Supra albida, siibtns una cum apicibus fusconigri ; in c?eteris a 

 congeneribus non discrepant. 



Al(E Supra atro-coerulea:, margine infimo albo, sitbttis candidal. 



Cauda rotundata ? rectricibus xvi. laxe pinnatis, rigidissimis setosis. 



Metisiircr. 



Poll. Angl. 



Ab apice rostri in e.xtremum caudas ... ... ... 14 = 355.6 mm. 



Ab apice rostri in unguem digiti medii ... ... 14 



Alae expanste ... ... ... ... ... n 



Rostrum longum ... ... ... ... ... \\ 



latm ... ... ... ... ... ^ 



Profundum (utraque mandibula simul sumta) ... ttt 



Ab apice tostri in medium oculum ... ... ... i\ 



Ala ipsa ... ... ... ... ... ... 4! 



Diameter trunci, pone alas ... ... ... ... 31 



Pedes nudi in unguem digiti medii ... ... ... 1^ 



Digitus medius cum ungue ... ... ... ... 1-^9-,. 



Unguis digiti medii ... ... ... ... ... f 



Polle cum ungue ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Cauda circiter ... ... ... ... ... i^^- 



The first mention we have of the Endyptiila in Austrahan waters 

 was -made by Latham, 6 from a drawing made at Port Jackson, 



Latham's description is as follows : — " New Holland Pinguin. 



Length, two feet or more. Bill black, the upper mandible hooked 

 at the tip, the under truncated ; plumage above brown, the 

 feathers tipped with grey, giving a mixed appearance ; chin, throat, 

 and the rest of the parts underneath rufous-white ; wings as in other 

 Pinguins, and brown ; legs pale flesh-coloured brown ; webs black. 

 Inhabits New Holland ; met with at Port Jackson, but is scarce : 

 called there ' Gur-roo-muL' " 



This description, Mathews^ says, was unrecognizable until the 

 original drawing was discovered. " It was then seen to be a 



