CATARRHACTES. EUDYPTULA. SPHEXESCUS. 



1. Crozet Island, Indian Ocean E. L. Layard. Esq. [P.], 

 (Capt. Armsori). 



4. Kerguelen Island. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger/ 



5. Heard Island, Indian Ocean. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger/ 



Catarrhactes schlegeli ( 



Eudyptes schlegeli, Butter, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 298 (1888). 

 Catarrhactes schlegeli, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 643 (1898) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 118 (1899). 



The single egg of Schlegel's Penguin in the Collection is almost 

 spherical in form, and mottled with brown and yellow stains. It 

 measures 2-5 by 2-25. 



1. New Zealand. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.], 



Genus EUDYPTULA, Bp. 



Eudyptula minor (Forst.). 



Aptenodytes minor, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Voy. tab. c. fig. 5 (1845-54). 



Eudyptula minor, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 518 (1865) ; Butter, 

 Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 300 (1888) ; North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, p. 349 (1889) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 543 ; Grant, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvi. p. 646 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l.\. p. 119 (1899). 



Eudyptula undina, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 521 (1865) ; Buller, 

 Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 302 (1888) ; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 350 (1889) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1895, p. 419. 



The eggs of the Little Penguin are regular broad ovals. The five 

 specimens in the Collection measure respectively: 2-26 by 1'63 ; 

 2-3 by 1-6; 2-15 by 1-65; 2-15 by 1-65 ; 2-12 by 1-6. 



1. Bass Straits ( Wilson}. Gould Coll. 



1. Near Badger Island, Bass Straits, Gould Coll. 



24th Oct. 



2. New Zealand. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [Pi]. 

 1. New Zealand. Capt. JR. Snow [P.]. 



Genus SPHENISCUS, Briss. 

 Spheniscus demersus (Linn.). 



p. 119 (1899). 



The eggs of the Cape Penguin vary in shape from broad oval to 

 spheroidal. They measure from 2'4 to 2-85 in length, and from 

 2-03 to 2-12 in breadth. One of the specimens in the Collection is 

 very smooth and highly glossy. 



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