338 Transactions.—Zoology. 
BIRDS. 
Anthornis melanura, Sparrm. 
A single male individual from the Auckland Islands, which in colour 
quite resembles specimens from New Zealand. The following are its 
dimensions in inches :—Length 8:5, wing 3:6, tail 3-5, culmen “57, tarsus 
1:8, outer toe (without claw) *55, middle toe ‘7, inner toe ‘45, hind toe “47. 
Phalacrocorax magellanicus, Guil. 
Head, neck, back, rump, thighs and upper tail-coverts blue-black ; 
shoulders, scapulars and wing-coverts green-black, except a very narrow 
bar of white formed by some of the upper wing-coverts; chin, throat, and 
whole under surface of body, except the neck, white, wings and tail 
brownish-black. Head crested, a few linear white feathers above the eye 
and on the upper part of the neck. Irides brown. Skin in front of the 
eyes dark blue, the minute papillæ crimson, sparingly clothed with small 
feathers. Bill dark brown passing into orange at the base of both man- 
dibles, gular skin bright orange. Legs and feet flesh-colour, with the soles 
and the joints on the upper surface black; webs flesh-colour shading into 
black towards the margin. A narrow strip of white feathers runs along the 
centre of the chin pouch. 
Immature.—The whole of the upper surface, neck, wings and tail dark 
brown, in places glossed with greenish, no white alar bar; chin, throat and 
belly white. Skin before the eye dull orange with crimson spots; bill 
brown passing into orange at the base of the mandibles, gular pouch 
orange. Feet as in the adult, but not so pink. 
Length 28 inches, extent 39, wing 10:5, tail 6, culmen 2:2, bill to gape 
8:1, depth at nostrils -52, breadth -48, tarsus 2:4; outer toe (without claw) 
9:8, middle toe 2:85, inner toe 1:85, hind toe 1:25. 
Two individuals, both females, from Campbell Island. 
This species is allied to P. carunculatus, but is at once recognised by its 
black neck. The white alar band is also much smaller. 
Stercorarius antarcticus, Lesson. 
A single female from Campbell Island. 
Larus dominicanus, Licht. 
A young female from Campbell Island. 
Larus scopulinus, Forster. 
Three specimens from the Auckland Islands and three from Campbell 
d. 
Five of these birds are adult (four males and one female) and all have 
the breast beautifully tinged with rose colour, as is often the case with 
Sterna frontalis, I have never seen this colouring in the New Zealand 
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