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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Zoology, 
  

  

  cirrliatus 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Chili, 
  to 
  be 
  27 
  in. 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  14 
  

   feathers 
  in 
  the 
  tail. 
  Leucocarbo 
  carunculatus 
  is 
  also 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Chili 
  

   and 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Magellan. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  carnnculated, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  breeding 
  season 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  crested, 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   broad 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  He 
  gives 
  P. 
  imperialis, 
  King, 
  as 
  a 
  

   synonym 
  of 
  L. 
  carunculatus. 
  Dr. 
  Finsch 
  says 
  in 
  1870 
  (Jour, 
  fiir 
  Ornith., 
  p. 
  

   875) 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  compared 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Q.^ 
  carunculatus, 
  Gm. 
  from 
  the 
  

   Crozet 
  Islands 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Magellan 
  in 
  the 
  Leyden 
  

   MusexTm, 
  and 
  finds 
  them 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  Dr. 
  Bailer 
  in 
  his 
  

   Birds 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  (1873) 
  keeps 
  both 
  species 
  together 
  and 
  gives 
  Carlo 
  

   jnirpurascens, 
  Brandt, 
  as 
  another 
  synonym. 
  In 
  187i 
  Dr. 
  Finsch 
  (Jour, 
  fiir 
  

   Ornith., 
  p. 
  213) 
  having 
  received 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands, 
  

   again 
  separates 
  P, 
  carunculatus 
  from 
  P. 
  cirrliatus, 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  

   South 
  American 
  birds 
  have 
  the 
  gular 
  and 
  chin 
  regions 
  totally 
  naked, 
  while 
  

   in 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Island 
  bird 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  central 
  feathered 
  strip, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  are 
  dark. 
  He 
  considers 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Island 
  bird 
  to 
  

   be 
  G. 
  carunculatus, 
  Gmel., 
  and 
  the 
  Magellan 
  Strait 
  bird 
  to 
  be 
  G. 
  cirrliatus, 
  

   Gmel. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  B. 
  Sharpe, 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Zoology 
  of 
  the 
  

   'Erebus' 
  and 
  'Terror'" 
  (1875), 
  accepts 
  Dr. 
  Fiusch's 
  views; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Coues 
  (Bull. 
  U.S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  2) 
  identifies 
  the 
  

   shag 
  from 
  Kerguelen's 
  Land 
  as 
  G. 
  carunculatus, 
  although 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  

   it 
  has 
  no 
  white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  considers 
  G. 
  cirrliatus 
  as 
  a 
  synonym. 
  

   Dr. 
  Kidder, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  publication, 
  remarks 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  bird 
  the 
  caruncles 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  are 
  brilhant 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Such, 
  in 
  short, 
  is 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  these 
  birds. 
  The 
  

   first 
  statement 
  (Forster) 
  was 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  species 
  found 
  both 
  in 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  and 
  South 
  America. 
  Then 
  (Gmelin) 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  species, 
  

   both 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Then 
  (Latham) 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  species, 
  

   both 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  ( 
  carunculatus 
  j 
  in 
  South 
  

   America 
  also. 
  Then 
  (Gray) 
  there 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  one 
  species, 
  inhabiting 
  

   both 
  places. 
  Then 
  (Bonaparte) 
  there 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  three 
  species, 
  all 
  

   inhabiting 
  South 
  America. 
  Then 
  Dr. 
  Duller 
  again 
  considers 
  them 
  all 
  as 
  

   one 
  species, 
  inhabiting 
  both 
  places. 
  Then 
  Dr. 
  Finsch 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Sharpe 
  

   consider 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  species 
  — 
  G. 
  carunculatus, 
  inhabiting 
  New 
  Zea- 
  

   land 
  and 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands, 
  and 
  G. 
  cirrliatus 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  

   Magellan 
  and 
  the 
  Crozet 
  Islands 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  Dr. 
  Coues, 
  who 
  has 
  

   probably 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  thinks 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  

   only 
  one 
  species. 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  late 
  visit 
  to 
  Melbourne 
  I 
  had, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Prof. 
  

   McCoy, 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  named 
  

   P. 
  cirrliatus, 
  from 
  the 
  Falkland 
  Islands, 
  and 
  of 
  comparing 
  it 
  with 
  specimens 
  

  

  