Oeder IMPENNES.] 
[Eam. SPHENISCID^. 
EIJDYPTES CHEYSOLOPHUS. 
(THE MACAEONI PENGUIN.) 
Eudyptes chrysolophus, Brandt, Bull. Acad. Sc. Pet. ii. p. 314 (1837). 
Eudyptes clirysocome, Abbott, Ibis, 1860, p. 337 (nec Forst.). 
Eudyptes chrysolophus, Sclater, Ibis, I860, pp. 338, 432. 
Eudyptes diadeinatus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. I860, p. 419. 
Eudyptes chrysolophus, Scl. & Salv. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 654*. 
Ad. supr^ nigricans cinereo lavatus, alis cinereo nigricantibus, margme alari summa vix albicante, margine 
remigiali medialiter albo : caudd rigid&, dorso concolore : facie laterali guMque dorso concoloribus : pilei 
plumis nitidis nigris elongatis cristam formantibus, frontis plumis basaliter aurantiacis : fascia superciliari 
cristali a loris supra oculum per latera capitis ducta : corpore reliquo subtbs pure albo, pectoris lateribus 
dorso concoloribus : aid subtbs alba, margine alari nigricante, plaga nigricante etiam prope ortum ate et ad 
apicem remigialem posita : rostro rufescenti-brunneo : pedibus albicanti-carneis, unguibus nigricantibus. 
Adult. Forehead and crown blue-black j across the vertex an inconspicuous band of yellow, the base of each 
feather being of that eolour and the apical portion bluish black ; over the eyes the yellow increases and 
develops into a supraorbital crest of extremely narrow feathers of bright canary-yellow, about an inch and 
a half in length j nape, hind neck, and general upper surface bluish black, each feather having a median 
stripe of dark blue j sides of face, throat, and upper part of fore neck bluish grey, becoming paler down- 
wards, and terminating in a tapering projection, both flanks of which as well as all the underparts of the body 
are pure white ; under surface of flippers white, wdth a band of slaty black along the exterior edge, and a 
mark of the same colour near the tip. Bill dark reddish brown ; feet paler brown (probably flesh-colour in 
the fresh bird) ; claws pale brown. Total length (approximately) 2G inehes ; length of flipper 7-75 ; bill,, 
along the ridge 2’5, along the edge of lower mandible 2'75 ; maximum depth of bill 1 ; tail too much broken 
for reliable measurement; tarsus 1'50; middle toe and claw 3'25 (the claw being 1). 
Obs. The extent of the crest and the richness of its colouring vary in different individuals. In most examples 
I have seen from other localities there is a small white patch over the tail ; but this is absent in the two 
New-Zealand specimens mentioned below'. 
Note. Eudyptes chrysolophus was first included in the New-Zealand avifauna by Dr. Otto Pinsch, who did so,, 
with some hesitation, on the authority of a label in the Leyden Museum. 
Of this fine Penguin I have seen only two examples in New Zealand. One of these is in the Otago 
Museum, having been obtained somewhere on the east coast ; the other was caught in a fishing-net at 
the Spit, near Napier, in the summer of 1880-81. It was brought ashore alive, and having after- 
wards died was very successfully mounted by the local taxidermist, Mr. Hooper. I believe it is now 
in the possession of Messrs. Nelson Brothers of I'omoana. 
* “ On comparison of the Kerguelen specimens of this Penguin with others from the Ealklands we find no reason for con 
sidering them otherwise than of the same species. There is, however, less appearance of the white upper tail-coverts in the 
Ealklands specimen.” (Scl. & Salv. Voy. Chalk, Zool. Birds, p. 127.) 
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