Order PELECANIFORMES. 
No. 129. 
Family PH A LA CROCORA CIDM, 
HYPOLEUCUS ATRICEPS. 
(PURPURASCENS.) 
MACQUARIE ISLAND SHAG. 
(Plates 94 & 97.)* 
Carlo purpurascens Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp., St. Petersb., Vol. III., p. 56, Nov. 16th, 1837. 
No locality. Designated type, locality Macquarie Island. 
Phalacrocorax traversi Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII., p. xxi., Dec. 31st, 1903 ; 
Macquarie Island. Buller, Birds New Zealand, Suppl., Vol. II., p. 40, 1905. 
Hypoleucus carunculatus traversi Mathews and Iredale, Ibis, 1913, p. 412, July ; Mathews, Syst. 
Av. Austral., p. 226, June 13th, 1927, 
Hypoleucus atriceps purpurascens Mathews, Ibis Oct. 1935 p. 886. 
Distribution. Macquarie Island, New’ Zealand. 
Adult. Distinguished from P. huttoni by lacking the large white dorsal patch and in having distinct 
nasal caruncles and a bare gular pouch. The white on the sides of the neck starts from the 
gape. Bill greyish-black ; culrnen darker ; eyes dark brown ; nasal caruncles orange; 
bare skin round the eye purplish-blue ; gular pouch orange-yellow, spotted with black ; feet 
greyish-brown; webs darker. Wing 305 to 310 mm., culrnen 65, tarsus 65, tail 145. 
Macquarie Island. 
The sexes are alike. 
Nest. The usual saucer-shaped structure, composed of grasses, sticks, etc., and covered with 
the bird’s excrement. 
Eggs. Clutch two to three ; ovoid-elliptic in shape ; pale blue-green with a chalky outer layer. 
65.5 to 66 mm. by 39 to 41. 
Breeding-season. October and November generally, but eggs have been taken earlier and later. 
* The coloured plate is lettered H. traversi. 
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