1874.] DR. O. FINSCH ON A NEW PENGUIN. 207 



of the river Derwent in Tasmania, about thirteen miles below the 

 head of the tideway. 



As this fish had arrived at comparative maturity, there was not 

 the same difficulty in determining its species as was experienced in 

 the case of the Salmonoids which have frequently been caught during 

 the last five years in the lower waters of the Derwent ; and the Tas° 

 manian Salmon Commissioners, after careful investigation, bad no 

 hesitation in pronouncing it to be a true salmon. 



Well preserved in spirits, this specimen now graces the museum of 

 the Royal Society of Tasmania at Hobart Town, and furnishes incon- 

 testable proof of tbe success of the greatest experiment in acclimatization 

 that the world has yet seen ; for it is certain that this fish must have 

 been bred in the colony, the last salmon smolt from an English ovum 

 having left the ponds at the river Plenty on its seaward journey in 

 the month of October 1868. 



2. Description of a new Species of Penguin from 



New Zealand. By Dr. O. Fixsch, C.M.Z.S. 



[Received March 7th, 1874.] 



EUDYPTULA ALBOSIGNATA, n. Sp. 



All the upper surface, from the nostrils, along the temporal region 

 and the sides of the neck, to the edge of the humerus, and along the 

 sides of the body to the tibia, dark slate-coloured ; the crown and 

 middle of back darker, more slaty blackish ; the hind neck and sides 

 of the body brighter, more slaty bluish ; all the feathers of the upper 

 surface are slate-blue along the shaft, which is black; the loral 

 region, sides of head, temporal region, and the upper half of the 

 sides of neck are covered by a broad smoky-grey longitudinal stripe, 

 which changes gradually into the dark colour of the upper parts, and 

 on the lower parts also into the white which covers the whole under 

 surface ; upper surface of wing slate-black, but bordered auteriorly 

 and posteriorly broadly with white, leaving thus only a dark median 

 stripe ; under surface of wing uniform white; tail-feathers white, with 

 brownish shafts, and covered by a white patch, which is formed by 

 the longest upper tail-coverts. " Bill horn-black, the lower mandible 

 reddish transparent ; feet reddish brown ; nails blackish. 



Long. aire rostri Alt. Long. dig. 



tot. tot. cubitus, manus. afronte. arictu. rostr. tars. med. ung. 

 c. 15" 5" 2'" 1"7'" 2" 5'" 1"1|'" TV" &" 11"' 1" 4*"' 6'" (poll. Angl.). 



Two specimens of this species (male and female, which are alike) 

 were forwarded to me through the kindness of Dr. Haast under the 

 name Eud. minor. They had been captured near Akaroa on the 

 South Island in September. 



This species is easily distinguishable from Eud. minor, Gm. 

 (== E. undina, Gould), by the broad white edge which borders the 

 wing anteriorly and posteriorly, and by the white patch on the upper 



