AUCKLAND ISLAND DUCK 91 



In regard to its present status we have no reason to suppose that this curious bird 

 has diminished much since its discovery (Myers, 1923). The islands are unin- 

 habited, although there is a shipwreck depot there, a provision for possible casta- 

 ways. A ship calls there once every year. 



The only importation into Europe was that of one specimen which reached the 

 London Gardens in April, 1895. This bird survived for seventeen months (P. C. 

 Mitchell, 1911). 



