BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND NOT FIGURED BY BULLER, 
The following descriptions of the soft parts and eggs of Shags have been 
given me by Mr. Reginald Oliver. 
Stictocarbo punctatus. Spotted Shag. 
Bill brownish-yellow, tip brown ; eyes green, ring round eye greenish- 
blue. Bare skin in front of eye dark blue. Feet orange. 
Stictocarbo featherstoni. Pitt Island Shag. 
Bill dark brown ; eyes black. Bare skin on face and gular pouch olive- 
green. Feet orange, brown on the outer edge. 
Hypoleucus carunculatus. Rough-faced Shag. 
Bill liglit-horn colour ; culmen brown ; base of lower mandible bluish- 
grey. Nasal caruncles (well developed) orange ; eyes hazel-grey. Ring round 
eye blue. Bare skin on sides of the face papillate and greyish-brown in colour ; 
gular pouch greyish-green. Feet flesh-white ; hinder part of tarsus and under¬ 
surface of toes blackish-brown. 
Hypoleucus onslowi. Chatham Island Shag. 
Bill greyish-brown ; culmen blackish ; eyes brown ; ring round the eye 
blue ; nasal caruncles orange ; bare skin on the face and gular pouch orange- 
red ; feet flesh-pink. 
Hypoleucus traversi. Macquarie Island Shag. 
Bill greyish-black, darkest on the culmen; 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. 
Hypoleucus huttoni—stewarti. Stewart Island Shag. 
Bill pale brown, darker on the culmen ; eyes brown, ring round the eye 
pale ultramarine ; bare skin on the face dark brown, a small patch of orange 
caruncles ; gular pouch arterial-red ; feet pinkish, toes and under-surface of 
the feet dark brown. 
Hypoleucus chalconotus. Colours as huttoni. 
Hypoleucus colensoi. Auckland Island Shag. 
Bill brownish-black, orange at the gape. Eyes dark brown, ring round 
the eye purple. Bare skin on the face dark brown ; gular pouch arterial-red. 
Feet flesh-colour, webs brownish. 
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