. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . ble much swollen near the base. Tail long, composed of14: or 16 feathers; the upper tail coverts short. Southern Seas. Key to the Species. 1. Yellow bands unitingon forehead. C. band not uniting. 2 2. Smaller, yellow feathers very long. C. , yellow feathers shorter. 3 3. White edge on flipper narrow. C. edge on flipper broader. C. sclateri. The Tufted Penguin. Catarrhacies chrysocome. Above, slaty grey, the head and throat darker; a band of goldenfeathers
. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . ble much swollen near the base. Tail long, composed of14: or 16 feathers; the upper tail coverts short. Southern Seas. Key to the Species. 1. Yellow bands unitingon forehead. C. band not uniting. 2 2. Smaller, yellow feathers very long. C. , yellow feathers shorter. 3 3. White edge on flipper narrow. C. edge on flipper broader. C. sclateri. The Tufted Penguin. Catarrhacies chrysocome. Above, slaty grey, the head and throat darker; a band of goldenfeathers over each eye, the posterior of wMch are niucli elongated anddrooping. Below, white. Flipper edged posteriorly with white. Eye,red. Total length about 25 inches. Young birds have tlie chin andthroat greyish white. Egg— inches in length, pale blue. Islands ofthe Southern Ocean. Breeds on the Snares, Antipodes, Auckland, Camp-bell, and Macquarie Islands, but not in great numbers. The bird is sometimes called the Victoria penguin by NewZealanclers. 294 THE ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND. Tufted Penguins ; old aud younj. (ClialleiKjcr liiport.) The Crested Penguin.—TawiiaklCatarrJiactes pachyrliynchus. Like the last in colours, but the yellow eye-stripe not so muchelongated, and the feathers not drooping. Posterior margin of the uppersurface of the flipper with a very narrow white margin of one row offeathers only. Eye, brown. Total length about 28 in. In the youngthe chin and throat are greyish white. Egg— in. in length. NewZealand only. Forms large rookeries on the Snares, and breeds in smallquantities on the southern coasts of New Zealand. (For a figure of thisbird see yature in New Zealand, p. 38.) THE CRESTED PENGUIN 295 The crested penguins breed in small colonies up to twenty-fourtogether. After hatching, the female remains Avith the young forthe first few days, and the male brings food, which consists offish, for all. When they are not disturbed, they walk or hopuprig
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