4486 THE ZooLocist—JUNE, 1875. 
intruder into full view: both birds showed boldness, the female 
alighting within three yards’ distance of the writer, near enough for 
the colour of the irides to be distinguished. It is probable that the 
female has been described under the name of T. Rossi. 
Ortygometra affinis, Gray.—Weighs one ounce and a quarter. 
Ortygometra tabuensis, Gmel.—We lave the egg of this widely- 
distributed rail from a salt-marsh near Invercargill. Itis rather a 
long-oval in shape; measures one inch nearly four lines through 
the axis, the breadth being about ten lines; colour olivaceous- 
brown. 
Kelp-hen or Blackwood-hen (Ocydromus fuscus, Du Bus).—It 
abounds in the many inlets and sounds of the south-west coast of 
this island. The only place where we noticed that it seemed shy 
was in Milford Sound. As soon as the tide begins to recede these 
dusky rails come out on the shore to feed amongst the kelp. In 
January last we procured, without difficulty, a number of specimens 
of either sex, both in the young and adult state. In the living state 
we observed that the bill was pink at the base, pale brown towards 
the tip; irides chestnut-red; legs and feet red; claws brown. The 
young have the legs as red as the adult bird: irides dull yellowish ; 
bill dark colour. 
Gallinago pusilla.—A specimen of this snipe has been recently 
obtained on The Snares. 
Eudyptes.—Mr. Morton has informed the writer of the occurrence 
of a black penguin corresponding in size with Eudyptes pachy- 
rynchus. It was captured on The Snares. 
White Nelly (Ossifragra alba).—Off Centre Island, Foveaux 
Straits, a fine specimen of the white Nelly was captured by Mr. 
Enys on January 3rd: it was feeding on the refuse from the vessel, 
in company with several specimens of the common Nelly. Plumage 
white, mottled very sparingly throughout with single brownish gray 
feathers ; bill pale greenish ; sutures flesh-colour, yellow at the tip ; 
legs and feet slate-gray. Entire length thirty-four inches; spread 
of wings across the body seventy-seven and a half inches; wing 
from flexure twenty inches six lines; tarsus three inches six lines ; 
middle toe and claw five inches four lines; outer toe five inches; 
spread of web seven inches; bill three inches; lower mandible 
three inches; beak one inch; gape to centre of eye one inch; 
height of beak one inch. The day before the wind had been 
blowing hard from the south. On the 15th of January, in Cook 
