﻿HuTTON. 
  — 
  On 
  Collections 
  from 
  the 
  Aucldmid 
  and 
  Campbell 
  Islands. 
  3S7 
  

  

  The 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Ishiud 
  hirds 
  are 
  crested, 
  while 
  the 
  New 
  

   Zeahxnd 
  birds 
  are 
  not, 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  with 
  caution. 
  I 
  liave 
  certainly 
  never 
  

   seen 
  a 
  crested 
  bird 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  myself, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  rare, 
  and 
  I 
  

   have 
  not 
  seen 
  many 
  ; 
  and 
  P. 
  cirrhatus 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  founded 
  on 
  a 
  

   crested 
  bird 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  The 
  bird 
  also 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  scarce 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chatham 
  Islands, 
  for 
  although 
  Dr. 
  Buller 
  quotes 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Travers 
  as 
  saying 
  

   that 
  " 
  he 
  met 
  with 
  P. 
  carunculatus 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  Chatham 
  

   Islands" 
  (I.e., 
  IX., 
  p. 
  339), 
  Mr. 
  Travers 
  himself 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  "not 
  

   common" 
  (l.c, 
  V., 
  p. 
  221), 
  and 
  the 
  specimen 
  sent 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Finsch 
  from 
  the 
  

   Chatham 
  Islands 
  was 
  not 
  crested. 
  Consequently 
  the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   crest 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  unsettled. 
  However, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  

   Chatham 
  Island 
  birds 
  are 
  decidedly 
  smaller 
  than 
  those 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  ; 
  

   but 
  if 
  Dr. 
  Buller 
  decides 
  on 
  considering 
  this 
  difference 
  as 
  of 
  specific 
  value, 
  

   it 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Island 
  bird 
  that 
  he 
  must 
  apply 
  the 
  new 
  name, 
  and 
  not 
  

   as 
  he 
  supposes 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  bird. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  thbee 
  Specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Otago 
  Museum. 
  

  

  

  Kerguelen's 
  Land. 
  

   Crested. 
  

  

  Chatham 
  Islands. 
  

   Crested. 
  

  

  Otago. 
  

   Not 
  crested. 
  

  

  Wing 
  

  

  Tail 
  

  

  Bill 
  (culmen) 
  

  

  Tarsus 
  

  

  Outer 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  

  

  11-5 
  

   5-5 
  

   2-25 
  

   2-0 
  

   4-25 
  

  

  11-5 
  

   5-5 
  

   2-5 
  

   20 
  

   43 
  

  

  12-5 
  

   6-0 
  

   2-8 
  

   2-4 
  

   6-0 
  

  

  Art. 
  XXXVIII. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  a 
  Collection 
  from 
  the 
  Auckland 
  Islands 
  and 
  

  

  Campbell 
  Island. 
  By 
  Prof. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Hutton, 
  

  

  [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Otago 
  Institute, 
  10th 
  September, 
  1878.] 
  

  

  L.\ST 
  June, 
  Captain 
  Townsend, 
  E.N., 
  was 
  kind 
  enough 
  to 
  agree 
  to 
  take 
  Mr. 
  

  

  E. 
  Jennings, 
  taxidermist 
  to 
  the 
  Museum, 
  to 
  the 
  Auckland 
  and 
  Campbell 
  

  

  Islands 
  in 
  H.M.S. 
  Nymphe, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  collect 
  specimens 
  of 
  

  

  natural 
  history 
  for 
  the 
  Museum. 
  The 
  Nymphe 
  arrived 
  at 
  Port 
  Koss 
  on 
  

  

  13th 
  June, 
  1878, 
  and 
  left 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  17th, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  16fch 
  was 
  Sunday, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jeiniings 
  only 
  had 
  two 
  days 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  for 
  collecting. 
  On 
  the 
  19th 
  

  

  they 
  arrived 
  at 
  Campbell 
  Island 
  and 
  left 
  again 
  the 
  same 
  day, 
  Mr. 
  Jennings 
  

  

  going 
  on 
  shore 
  for 
  an 
  hour 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  only. 
  It 
  was 
  during 
  these 
  short 
  

  

  times 
  that 
  the 
  collections 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  these 
  notes 
  were 
  made. 
  

  

  No 
  seals 
  were 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  trip. 
  

  

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