334 Animal Life 
Tuts pet bird of the Brazilians (who call it Pavao 
SUTIBittenn —that is, Peacock) is about sixteen 
or Peacock inches long, with a head like a heron 
Heron. anda vather long, powerful beak; the 
plumage is minutely variegated with bars and 
spots of many colours. When kept in captivity it 
soon becomes tame, and has several times made 
its nest and reared its young (which are clothed 
with mottled down when hatched) in the aviaries 
at the Zoo. Until the late Mr. Bartlett detected 
in the Kagu bird an affinity to the Sun Bittern 
(Hurypyga helias), the latter bird was thought to 
have no close ally. Strange, indeed, is the follow- 
ing weird and remarkable account given of this 
bird in an old natural history book: “I was 
interested in an account I heard the other day of 
a bird, a species of heron. . . .. It is called 
SCLATER’S PENGUIN. 
the Bittern; but what is very extraordinary, it 
be found on the title page 
of Volume II of “The Living 
Animals of the World.” 
Sclater’s Penguin, the speci- 
men photographed, must also, 
alas! be included among the 
late lamenteds. It had a 
superciliary streak of golden 
yellow, which developed into 
an erectile crest on each 
side of the head; but this 
streak, instead of commencing 
in a line with the nostrils, as 
in some other species, sprung 
from the base of the upper 
mandible immediately above 
the angle of the mouth. Dr. THE MANY-ZONED HAWK. 
P. L. Sclater, in writing to Sir Walter Buller, 
K.C.M.G., called that gentleman’s attention to 
the fact that “this bird, just received from 
the Auckland Islands, seems quite distinct 
from the New Zealand species.” his fact 
having been proved by the above authorities, 
it became necessary to select a distinctive name 
for this penguin, and Sir Walter accordingly 
described this species, in his “ Birds of New 
Zealand,’ as “ Hudyptes sclaterv.. The heavy 
death-roll among the penguins leaves a_ big 
gap in the Society’s collection. The entire 
family of these curious and most attractive 
birds is now represented solely by the specimens 
of the small black-footed penguins which are 
kept im the Fish House. 
has the power of emitting a 
light from its breast equal to 
the light of a common torch, 
which illuminates the water, so 
as to enable it to discover its 
prey. .... 1 had a difficulty 
in believing the fact, and took 
some trouble to ascertain the 
truth, which has been con- 
firmed to me by several gentle- 
men of undoubted veracity, 
and especially by Mr. Franklin 
Peale.” If any of our readers 
can add to this testimony it 
will be very interesting. 
SUN BITTERN. 
