IMPENNES, 295 



Superciliary hand uniting on forehead. 



C. chrysolophus. 30"- The Macaroni Penguin. Plumage above as in 0. chrysocome. Frontal 

 plumes passing back over crown gold and black. Lores, chin, throat, and sides of head and 

 neck blackish. Bill dark red. Feet pink. Tail fourteen feathers. Falkland Isles to Kerguelen 

 Land. 



C. schlegeK. 30". Allied to 0. chrysolophus, but lores, chin, throat, sides of head and neck 

 pure white. Tail fourteen feathers. New Zealand islands. 



Superciliary band united at back of croion, 



G. antipockim. 30". The Yellow-crowned Penguin. General colour above slate-grey, tipped 

 blue. Forehead and crown pale golden. Chin and throat white. Bill dull red. Feet grey. 

 Tail of twenty feathers. Female similarly marked, but lighter in colour, and crown less 

 developed. New Zealand Archipelago. 



Also the genus Eudyptula. Basal part of mandible entire. Tail very short, of sixteen 

 feathers. Two species, viz. — 



E, minor. 16". Above slate-blue, each feather with brownish base and black shaft. Only 

 the inner margin of flipper bordered white. Tail sixteen feathers. Australia, Tasmania, New 

 Zealand, and Chatham Isles. 



E. albosignata, 16J". Similar to E. minor, but both outer and inner margins of flipper 

 bordered white. Tail sixteen feathers. Coasts of New Zealand. 



Also the genus Spheniscus. With basal part of mandibles furrowed by numerous longitudinal 

 ridges. Tail very short, of eighteen to twenty feathers. Four species, 



Foreneck pure white (between black bands on throat and chest). 



S. demersus. 27". The South African Penguin. Eyebrow-stripe white, and extending to 

 lores, and encircling the face-patch. Forehead, mid-crown, and nape black, shading into grey 

 on upper parts. Chin, throat, and sides of head black. Curved black band across chest 

 continued down each side of body to the tail. Breast and belly white, irregularly spotted 

 black. Bill black, with red spot. Tail twenty feathers. Coasts of S. Africa. 



S. humboldti. 27". Allied to S. demersus. White eyebrow-stripe narrow, commencing 

 behind the eye. Tail of twenty feathers. W. coast of S. America. 



Foreneck with vnde black band (between black bands of throat and chest). 



S. magellicanus. 28"- The Jackass Penguin. Similar to S. demersus, but under surface of 

 flipper white, dotted black. Tail twenty feathers. South coast of S. America. 



S. mendicidus. 20". Allied to S. magellicanus, but under surface of flipper black, with 

 wide white band down the middle. Bill long and slender, basal two-thirds of upper mandible 

 yellow. Tail of eighteen feathers. Galapagos Islands. (B.M. Cat., xxvi. 623-653.) 



