408 UfDEX-CATALOaTJE OF THE BIRDS 



PENGUINS. 



la. Yellow- crested Penguin, Eudyptes 



chrysocomus, Forst, 

 From the "West Coast of South Island. 



Presented by E. B. Cargill, Esq., KZ., 1877. 



lb. Skeleton of the above Species. 



2. Blue Penguin. Eudyptula minor, (Forst). 



3. Little Penguin, ,, undina? Gould. 



Presented by E. B. Cargill, Esq., 1877. 



RAIL AND WEKAS. 



Swamp Hen, Porphyrio melanotus, Tomm. 



Maori name, Pukeko. 

 3. Male. JSTorth Island, N.Z. 

 J. Hancock. Presented by G. H. Swan, Esq., 1884. 



'S?Vekas. 



1. South Island Woodhen, Ocydromus 



Australis, (Sparrman). 

 Presented by E. B. Cargill, Esq., N.Z., 1877. 



2. O. Australis, variety? 



Presented by G. H. Swan, Esq., 1884. 



3. Black Woodhen, Ocydromus fuscus, 



Dubus. 

 Presented by E. B. Cargill, Esq., 1877. 

 Remark. — The specimens were sent to J. Hancock in 

 spirits. J. H. 



Weka. Young in downy state. North Island, N.Z. 

 Remark. — Obtained nearWhangarei, N. Island, by Geo. 

 Burnett, Esq., and sent in spirits to J. Hancock. The 

 dried body of this bird in the Case. J. H. 



OWL-PARROTS. 



Owl-Parrot. Stringops habroptilus, Gray. 



Presented by Capt. B. Collinson, B.N., Aug., 1851. 

 J, H., fecit. Maori name, Kakapo, 



