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Catarrhactes pachyrhynchus, and he quite agreed with me, although the so-called species had been 

 discriminated and named by himself. I afterwards discovered that this view had been adopted by 

 Mr. Grant in the Catalogue of the British Museum (vol. xxvi., p. 639). 



Captain Hutton writes me that he thinks Catarrhactes sclateri is more common than Catar- 

 rhactes pachyrhynchus in New Zealand. My experience is to the contrary. All the specimens 

 of the former in the British Museum are from the Auckland, Bounty, and Antipodes Islands, and 

 all those of the latter from New Zealand. I have collected many specimens of C. pachyrhynchus, 

 both North and South, but I have seldom seen an example of C. sclateri, except in collections 

 from the islands. 



The local distribution of the Penguins, like that of the Petrels, as determined by their 

 breeding-grounds, is very curious. From my own observation, and from information received 

 from Captain Hutton and the officers of the Government steamer, the following distribution 

 of our Penguins on their respective breeding grounds may be taken as absolutely correct : — 

 Aptenodytes patagonica, Pygoscelis papua and Catarrhactes schlegeli, on Macquarie Island; 

 Catarrhactes pachyrhynchus, on the Snares; C. sclateri, on the Bounty Islands, Auckland Islands,* 

 and Antipodes Island; C. chrysocome, on Antipodes Island, Campbell Island and Macquarie 

 Island; Megadytes antipodum, on the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island and the extreme south 

 of New Zealand.! 



Mr. W. W. Smith records (' Ibis,' 1890, p. 463) the occurrence of a wanderer on the Kakanui 

 river, in North Otago, six miles from the sea ; and another on the Ashburton river, twelve miles 

 from the sea. 



COLONY OF CATARRHACTES PACHYRHYNCHUS ON THE SNARES. 



* Captain Hutton says he did not find this species in the Auckland Islands ; but my type came from that locality. 

 Sir James Hector afterwards sent me an example, in spirit, also obtained there ; and there are specimens in the British 

 Museum so labelled. 



t Hutton says also Stewart Island ; but, although it is quite likely, I have never actually heard of a nesting place 

 there. I have myself recorded one on the Otago Coast (Trans. N. Z. Inst., vol. xxix., p. 203). 



