Finsco.—New Zealand Birds. Skt 
Dysporus serrator, Banks. 
This species is by no means identical with D. capensis, Licht., as Capt. 
Hutton is inclined to believe, but is a well distinguished species. 
D. capensis is easy to recognize in having all the tail feathers black and 
in having the naked gular space extended in a narrow line to about the middle 
of the neck in front. 
Graculus carbo, L. 
Specimens from New Zealand, received through Captain Hutton, are 
exactly the same as those from Europe, China, J apan, etc. 
Graculus brevirostris, Gould. 
Whether this species is really different from Gr. melanoleucus, Vieill., I 
doubt very much, after having seen more specimens in a different state of 
plumage. One specimen is throughout black, another has chin and throat 
white, and in a third the whole under surface to the flank is white, differing 
in no way from specimens in the characteristic plumage of melanoleucus. 
The young of this latter species are black on the under parts. 
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Gray. 
In examining two species from New Zealand I find that the characteristics 
pointed out for this species by Mr. Gray are not constant. A comparison 
with Æ. chrysocome, Forst., seems necessary. 
Eudyptes chrysolophus, Brandt. 
Prof. Schlegel enumerates s. n. Spheniscus diadematus, Gould, a specimen 
in the Leyden Museum (“ Mus. P.B. Urinat,” p. 8), which certainly belongs 
to this species. This specimen is labelled as coming from New Zealand, but 
without the name of the collector. 
Eudyptula minor, Forster. 
I see no reason to distinguish Hu. wndina, Gould, specifically after having 
carefully compared more specimens. 
Apteryx australis, Shaw. 
Through the kindness of Dr. Buller I received two specimens of the 
Apteryx of the North Island for comparison, which after careful and repeated 
examination I cannot consider as distinct species. In respect to the colours 
I have specimens from the South Island before me which are as dark as those 
from the North Island. The plumage of the latter is harsher to the touch, 
but in a series there are also different degrees observable, The only difference 
which I can notice, and which perhaps may be constant, consists in the 
structure of the feathers which cover the occiput and hind neck. These, in 
the North Island bird, have longer and harsher black shafts, whereas in the 
