Genus— MEGADYPTES. 
(Plate 53 .) 
Megadyptes Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 
Ser. vi., Vol. IX., p. 56, 1880 (after June). 
Type (by monotypy) . . .. . . .. CatarrJiactes antipodes 
Hombron et Jacqninot. 
MEDiUM-sized Penguins with abnormal coloured heads, long thin bills and short 
tails. 
The bill from the gape about as long as the head, the culmen about two- 
thirds this length. Latericorn not swollen. The feathering encroaches on to 
the bill for a third of its length. The bill is comparatively thin. Tail short, about 
as long as the bill from the gape, and composed of twenty stiff feathers ( antipodes ). 
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