428 PELICAN. 



In others I observe the crest as in the first described, but the 

 distensible pouch of the throat not bare, and seemingly much less 

 capacious. I have also met with one, in which the white on the 

 sides of the neck did not pass above half the length of it. 



Whether the above Varieties constitute difference of sex, or are 

 the effect of different periods of age, I am unable to determine. 



Inhabits New Zealand ; frequent in Queen Charlotte's Sound ; 

 builds among the rocks, and not unfrequently on trees, when growing 

 near the water. The name it is there known by is Pa-degga-degga. 



27— PIED SHAG. 



Pelecanus varius, Ind. Om. ii. S90. Gin. Lin. i. 57(3. 

 Pied Shag, Gen. Syn. vi. 60a. Cook's Voy. i. 151. 



LENGTH two feet six inches. Bill four inches and an half, 

 formed as in the Shag, the top dusky, the rest of it, and bare space 

 about the eye, yellow ; over the eye a narrow pale streak ; the top 

 of the head, neck behind, back, wings, and tail brown, the middle 

 of the back and wing coverts palest; the margins of the last almost 

 white, or very pale ; lower part of the back, rump, and thighs very 

 deep brown, nearly black ; some of them nearest the body have 

 pale tips ; tail brown black, rounded in shape, and six inches or 

 more in length ; the outer margins and shafts white; beneath from 

 chin to vent white ; legs flesh-colour ; claws dusky. 



Inhabits New Zealand ; met with frequently in Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound. It builds in trees, on which a dozen or more are seen at 

 once, being more numerous than the Spotted Sort,* of which it is 

 probably the young bird. The egg is two inches and a half long, 

 rather smaller than that of a Hen, of a pale bluish white. 



The above description was taken from a specimen in the Leverian 

 Museum ; and I observe one, differing in a few particulars, among 

 the drawings of Sir Joseph Banks. 



* Cook's last Voy. i. 151, 



