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Mr. R. Hall on the 
in Royal Sound, on December 27th. It had an inflam¬ 
mation under the base of one flipper, and one web of the 
right foot was torn. 
Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster). 
E. saltator Sharpe, Phil. Trans, clxviii. p. 160, pi. viii. fig. 1. 
Catarrhactes chrysocome Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 635. 
I interviewed the Rock-hoppers ” of four rookeries, and 
observed that some of their notes were soft and low, as a 
prelude to a high key being struck. While the voice of 
the adult is generally guttural, the young bird utters a single 
piping note. On Murray Island the rookery contained 
some 160 birds, one half sitting upon two eggs, the mates 
in most cases..standing alongside the sitters (January 2nd). 
On dissection it was proved that males took part in incu¬ 
bation. With the exception of two nests (in which the 
nestlings were very young), most, if not all, contained eggs 
with much-developed chicks, two to each clutch. The eggs 
agree with the description of those of the Rock-hopper of 
New Zealand in Buller’s ‘Birds/ The average measure¬ 
ments were 2*65 x 2*35 inches. The nests were composed of 
collected shingle, and apparently slightly raised, many being 
plastered in a rough way. Their diameter was approximately 
7 inches. While taking photographs of these Penguins, I 
found them to be fairly good sitters, and I even tried means 
to get some badly positioned birds into better places. 
My first acquaintance with the young was on January 2nd, 
when they were but a few hours old. 
Stage a. Down light black above; ventral surface white 
below; head and throat intense black ; flanks greyish; wings 
grey; bill—proximal end black, distal end yellowish white. 
There is a marked ridge along the abdomen. 
On February the 8th, in Accessible Bay, two further 
stages were observed in the rookery. Although they had 
not the agility to hop into view and out of sight, like their 
parents, they moved by hopping, displaying care. On my 
appearance in the rookery, seven or eight of the young in 
front of me huddled together, and one old bird seemed to 
