652 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON BIRDS [June 4, 



and the tips of both mandibles brown ; feet coral-red. The stomach 

 contained cuttlefish about 3| and 4 inches long, allied to Gonatus 

 amcenus, and the caudal portion of a fish. There were a great many 

 lice on this bird (preserved in a tube)." — J. M. 



139, female, Raine Island. 



" Eyes hazel ; feet red ; bill light blue, red towards the base. 

 Stomach contained fish and cuttlefish." — J. M. 



7. Sula cyanops, Sund. 



Sula cyanops, Sund. Phys. Sallsk. Tidsckr. 1837, p. 218. 

 Bysporus cyanops, Finsch et Haiti. Orn. Centr.-Pol. p. 252. 



137 and 138, females, Raine Island. 



"Eyes yellow, skin of the throat black, legs and feet slate-colour. 

 Stomach contained fish and cuttlefish." — /. M. 



8. Phalacrocorax imperialis. 



Phalacrocorax imperialis, King, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 20. 



Phalacrocorax carunculatus, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1870, p. 500. 



637, male, Core Harbour, Messier Channel. 



" Eyes brown. Stomach had shells." — J. M. 



This Cormorant appears to be different from the P. carunculatus 

 of New Zealand, with which we have hitherto united it, having a 

 broad white patch on the middle of the back in the adult plumage, 

 no crest, and the white extending further over the cheeks. Both 

 species have the white liar on the upper wing-coverts. 



The species of the Falkland Islands which has hitherto been called 

 Ph. carunculatus (Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 391 ; Abbott, 'Ibis,' 1861, 

 p. 166) is again different, having a recurved crest and the caruncles 

 on the front largely developed. It should probably stand as P. al- 

 biventris, Lesson's Carlo albiventer (Trait. d'Orn. p. 604) being 

 apparently based upon the young of this species. 



9. Phalacrocorax verrucosus. 



Haheus (Hypoleucus) verrucosus, Cab. Journ. f. O. 1875, p. 450. 

 Halieus verrucosus, Cab. et Reich. Journ. f. O. 1876, p. 359> 

 tab. 1. 



Phalacrocorax verrucosus, Sharpe, Zool. of Kerguelen, p. 49. 



a, male, "^ 



b, male, 



c male (young), ^ Betgy Cove> Kerguelen Land, January 1874. 



e, female, 



/, sex ind., J 



The series of this Shag is quite sufficient to warrant us in adhering 

 to the species as distinct. The principal characters are clearly pointed 

 out by Dr. Cabanis in his original description ; and a good figure is 

 given of the adult male under the second reference given above. Not 

 one of the six specimens, of which a, b, and, apparently, /are adult, 

 shows any traces of the white line along the upper wing-coverts 



