Order SPHEN1S0IF0RMES. 
No. 103. 
Family SPHENISCIDjE. 
MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES. 
YELLOW-CROWNED PENGUIN. 
(Plates 53 and 75.) 
Catarrhactes antipodes Hombron et Jacquinot, Ann. Sci. Nat., 2nd Ser., Vol. XVI., p. 230, 
after Nov. 1841 : Auckland Islands. 
Catarrhactes antipodes Hombron et Jacquinot, Ann. Sci. Nat., 2nd Ser., Vol. XVI., p. 230, 1841 
(after Nov.). 
Eudyptes antipodes Gray, “ Voy. Erebus and Terror,’’ Birds, pt. x., p. 17, Oct. 1845 (pi. 27, 1875). 
Aptenodytes flavilarvata Peale, U.S. Explor. Exped., Birds, Vol. VIII., p. 260, Oct. 1848: Auckland 
Island. 
Pygoscelis antipodes Puckeran, Voy. Pole. Sud., Zool., Vol. III., p. 156, Oct. 1853 (pi. 33, fig. 2). 
Eudyptes antipodum Buller, Birds New Zeal., 1st edn., p. 348, 1873 ; id ., 2nd edn., Vol. II., p. 294, 
pi. 46, 1888. 
Megadyptes antipodes Mikie-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), Ser. 6, Vol. IX., Art. 9, p. 57, (after 
June) 1880; Mathews, Syst. Av. Austral., p. 11, June 13th, 1927 ; id., Emu, 
Vol. XXIX., pt. 4, p. 279, April 1st, 1930. 
Megadyptes antipodum Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXVI., p. 644, 1898 (pref. Sept. 
30th) ; Buller, Suppl. Birds New Zealand, Vol. I., p. 94, 1905 ; Wilson, Nat. Antarctic 
Exped., Vol. II., Aves, p. 62, pi. xi., fig. 3, 1907. 
Distribution. New’ Zealand, South Island (Otago, breeding) ; Auckland Islands (breeding); 
Campbell Islands (breeding) ; Stew r art Island (breeding). 
Adult. Eore-head and crown of the head white, tinged with yellow r , each feather with a mesial 
black line producing a heavy streaked appearance, the whole encircled by a broad band 
of silvery-yellow reaching from eye to eye ; remainder of upper-parts silvery-blue with 
a black streak down the middle of each feather ; flippers less blue than the back and bordered 
on the outer and inner webs with wliite ; sides of face, ear-coverts and sides of neck dull 
browui with blackish shaft-streaks ; checks greenish-yellow with blackish shaft-streaks; 
chin and upper throat whitish-brown ; remainder of under-surface pure white. Upper bill 
brick-red, almost throughout; some small amount of w r hite showing at the junction of the 
plates. Lower bill, terminal quarter, brick-red, the rest pure white, except a narrow broken 
line of brick-red dots which runs along and close to, the cutting-edge on each side. Iris 
bright yellow r , eyelids pink, legs and feet flesh-pink dorsally, except the toes which are black 
all round the claws. The soles of the feet wiiolly black. Claws dark browm. Total length 
about 600 mm. : culmen 48, flipper 206, tarsus 29. 
The sexes are alike. 
Immature. Lacks the yellow band encircling the crown, and the chin, throat and entire under¬ 
parts are w r hite. Campbell Island, June 26th, 1909. 
Nest. Composed of coarse grass and placed on a ledge at the foot of a small cliff near the water, 
or a platform of sticks about eighteen inches in diameter, placed at the foot of a tree in 
thick bush. They nest in small colonies of ten to twelve. 
Eggs. Clutch two, white; 70-76 mm. by 53-58. 
Breeding-season. September, October and November (Otago peninsula, Stewart, Auckland, and 
Campbell Islands). 
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