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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 carho, L. 



Specimens from New Zealand, received through Captain Hutton, are 

 exactly the same as those from Europe, China, Japan, etc. 



Graculus hrevirostris, Gould. 



Whether this species is really different from Gr. Tnelanoleucus, 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 pachyrhynchuSy 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 E. chrysoGome, 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 Eu. undina, 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 



