322 DR. O. FINSCH ON A NEW PENGUIN. [May 12, 
4. Description of a new Species of Penguin. 
By Dr. O. Fiyscu, C.M.Z.S. 
(Plate XXV.) 
In a collection of birds received for inspection from the Counts 
Turati, of Milan, I was pleased to find a specimen of a Penguin, 
belonging to the genus Dasyrhamphus, which I take without hesi- 
tation to be a very fine and well-marked species. I propose to call 
this very interesting bird after the Count Ercole Turati, the pro- 
prietor of one of the richest and most extensive private collections 
in Europe. 
DasyRHAMPHUS HERCULIS, Sp. nov. 
All the upper surface, from the angle of the mouth along the 
sides of neck to the edge of the humerus, and along the sides of the 
body to the tibia dark slate-coloured; the shafts of the feathers 
glossy black ; all the under surface, from the chin, silky white ; upper 
surface of wing slate-coloured, somewhat paler than the back; the 
primaries and secondaries white, forming a narrow white edging ; 
under surface of wing pure white, with an angulated dark streak at 
the base of the humerus; the lower mandible at base bordered with 
a narrow band of brownish slate; bill horn-black, with a pale reddish 
sony and edge of the basal portion of the upper mandible; feet 
dirty orange: claws horny black. 
Long. tota 24", alze tot. 7, caudee 3” 3’, rostri a fronte 133’", a 
rictu 1” 10'", tarsi 15'”, dig. med. 1” 9'", ej. unguis 9", dig. int. 15" 
ej. unguis 83", dig. ext. 1” 7'", ej. ung. 73’”. 
The exact Iecality of this Penguin is unknown; but there can be 
no doubt that it is from the Antarctic Seas. 
This second species of a very interesting subgroup of the family 
Ptilopteri much resembles D. adelia, Hombr. & Jacq. (Voy. Pole 
Sud, pl. 30; Gray, Ereb. & Terr. pl. 28), but is at once distinguish- 
able by having the sides of the head, chin, and throat pure white ; 
these parts being in D. adele slaty blue, like the back. The British 
Museum also possesses a specimen of this white-throated species, as 
Mr. G. R. Gray kindly informs me, labelled D. adelie, jun.; but there 
can be scarcely any doubt of its being specifically distinct, the present 
bird showing no signs of being immature. 
5. Characters of new Species of Birds collected by Dr. Habel 
in the Galapagos Islands. By P. L. Scrarer, M.A., 
Ph.D., F.R.S., and Ospert Sarvin, M.A. 
Dr. Habel, of New York, having placed in our hands for examina- 
tion a collection of birds formed during a recent visit to the Gala- — 
pagos, we lose no time in submitting to the Society the characters 
