Hurron.—On Collections from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. 887 
The statement that the Chatham Island birds are crested, while the New 
Zealand birds are not, must be taken with caution. I have certainly never 
seen a crested bird from New Zealand myself, but they are very rare, and I 
have not seen many; and P. cirrhatus appears to have been founded on a 
crested bird from New Zealand. The bird also appears to be scarce in the 
Chatham Islands, for although Dr. Buller quotes Mr. H. Travers as saying 
that “he met with P. carunculatus in large numbers in the Chatham 
Islands" (l.c., IX., p. 339), Mr. Travers himself states that it is “not 
common "' (l.c., V., p. 221), and the specimen sent to Dr. Finsch from the 
Chatham Islands was not crested. Consequently the question as to the 
crest must be considered as unsettled. However, it appears that the 
Chatham Island birds are decidedly smaller than those from New Zealand ; 
but if Dr. Buller decides on considering this difference as of specific value, 
it is to the Chatham Island bird that he must apply the new name, and not 
as he supposes to the New Zealand bird. 
DIMENSIONS OF THE THREE SPECIMENS IN THE ÜTAGo Museum, 
Kerguelen's Land. | Chatham Islands. Otago. 
Crested. Crested. Not crested. 
jo Me DE EET M 115 11:5 12:5 
Tail dE v. x ve 5:5 5:5 6:0 
Bill (culmen) .. ne ee 2:25 2:5 2:8 
Tarsus ., A 2 eR 2:0 2:0 24 
Outer toe and claw .. vx 425 4:3 50 
Art. XXXVIII.—Notes on a Collection from the Auckland Islands and 
Campbell Island. By Prof. F. W. Hvrrox. 
[Read before the Otago Institute, 10th September, 1878.] 
Lasr June, Captain Townsend, R.N., was kind enough to agreeto take Mr. 
E. Jennings, taxidermist to the Museum, to the Auckland and Campbell 
Islands in H.M.S. Nymphe, in order that he might collect specimens of 
natural history for the Museum. The Nymphe arrived at Port Ross on 
13th June, 1878, and left again on the 17th, but as the 16th was Sunday, 
Mr. Jennings only had two days and a half for collecting. On the 19th 
they arrived at Campbell Island and left again the same day, Mr. Jennings 
going on shore for an hour and a half only. It was during these short 
times that the collections referred to in these notes were made. 
No seals were seen during the trip. ET 
