2 3 G Transactions. — Zoology/. 



No. 143, p. 2G1. Eudyptes 2)achyr]iy7ichus, Gray. 



I doubt very much whether Dr. Buller is right in uniting this species with 

 Eu. chrysocomus, Forst., and nigrivestis, Gould. 



No. 144, p. 262. Eudyptes chrysolophus, Brandt. 

 is still doubtful as a New Zealand species, being only included by me on 

 the authority of a label in the Leyden Museum. 



No. 145, p. 2G2. Eudy2)tes antijyodes, Hombr. 



A specimen captured on the shores of New Zealand was sent me for 

 comparison through the kindness of Dr. Hector. 



No. 14G, p. 2G2. Eudyptida minor, Gml. 



Having examined more specimens, I am unable to distinguish Eu. undina 

 as a good species. The blue hue of the upper part varies considerably in its 

 intensity, as also does the stoutness of the bill. A specimen from the 

 Chathams, lent me by the Colonial Museum, has a stouter and heavier bill, 

 and shows the under parts strongly tinted with grey, but this hue disappeared 

 after having the specimen carefully washed, and I see no reason to distinguish 

 it as a variety. 

 I Eudyptula albosignafa, Finsch, nov. sp., P. Z. S. 1874. 



Through my friend Dr. Haast I received two specimens of an EudyiHula, 

 named minor , from Akaroa Heads, which I cannot unite with Eu. minor, and 

 must separate specifically for the present. 



Char. — Size and general colours as in minor, but the upper tail-coverts 

 with a patch of white, and the flippers underneath wholly white j very 

 conspicuously bordered along the anterior and posterior edges with white, 

 leaving only a narrow blackish middle band along the upper surface of the 

 flippers. 



No. 147, p. 263. Apteryx australis, Shaw. 



I repeat that I cannot consider A . mantdli to be more than a local variety 

 of this species, and beg to refer to the minute comparison given by me (I.e. 

 p. 265). 



No. 149, p. 271. Aj^teryx haasti, Potts. 



With extraordinary pleasure I received one of the type specimens 

 of this species through the excellent liberality of Dr. Haast for comparison, 

 and have no doubt as to its specific distinctness. With respect to colouration, 

 A. Iiaasti almost entirely agrees with A. oioeni, and is by no means darker, as 

 Dr. Buller says, except the feathers on the hind neck and nape, which are a 

 little darker, and without pale cross lines. But it may easily be distinguished 

 by its large size, which agrees with that of A. australis. 



Aptaryx mollis and A. fusca, Potts (Trans. N. Z. Inst., V., p. 196), are 

 very doubtful species, and rc(j[uirc further verification. 



