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Skins. 



Apteryx oweni. S. I., New Zealand. White, with buffy- 

 brown tips to the feathers and some dark brown 

 mottling. 



Apteryx mantelli. Young. Waitara,, N. I., New Zealand. 

 Head partially white. 



Rhea americana. White. Reared in British Guiana in 

 captivity. . 



Catarrhactes schlegeli. 1. Macquarie Is. All over 

 slaty black ; small yellow patches above the super- 

 ciliaries. (See Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 643.) 



1 $. Macquarie Is. With slaty-black patches on 

 the abdomen. 



1. Macquarie Is. Upperside buff; flippers creamy 

 white ; yellow forehead and suprasuperciliary tufts 

 well developed and quite golden yellow. 



1. MacqUarie Is. Below with about four dozen 

 black feathers scattered about. 



2. With flippers and from the middle of the back 

 white. 



1 young. Above creamy white. 

 1 adult. Above pale brown. 



Catarrhactes pachyrhynchus. Upperside with a great 

 number of white feathers, arranged singly ; none in 

 patches. 



Catarrhactes chrysolophus. Prince Edward Is. White, 

 but the forehead and tufts golden yellow. 



Eudyptula minor. Pure albino : even the feet quite pale, 

 but the beak black. 



Phalacrocorax carbo. Holland. Above pale brown, with 

 whitish edges to the feathers ; below white, with pale 

 rufous-brown tips to most of the feathers. 



