Following the completion of the听Erebus听补苍诲听Terror听expedition, noted zoologists John Richardson and John Grey completed the听Zoology of the Voyage. Amongst the species described in this volume was the Fiordland crested penguin. The penguin鈥檚 name is derived from Ancient Greek听Eudyptes pachyrhynchas听and translates as 'the thick-beaked good diver'. Oddly, the specimen on which Grey based his description of the species was not collected by the expedition but by an itinerant naturalist, Mr Percy Earl, at what is now Karitane in Otago, probably in December 1843.That specimen was sold to the British Museum in 1845.
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Fiordland Crested-penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), known as Tawaki by M膩ori, is an endemic species of New 麻豆传媒高清 penguin first described in the听Zoology of the Erebus and Terror
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This attractive Fiordland crested penguin, known as听Tawaki听in M膩ori, is one of four species of crested-penguin found in New 麻豆传媒高清. They breed along the southern part of the West Coast and nest in colonies in dense temperate forest. They are approximately 60 cm long, weigh on average 3.7 kg and mostly eat squid as well as crustaceans and fish. The population of the Fiordland crested penguin is thought to have declined by a third since the late 1980s and current population estimates range between 2,500-3,000 pairs. The population is under threat from introduced predators including dogs, cats, stoats and rats.
罢丑别听Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Erebus and Terror听was the result of the last British scientific expedition carried out under sail. The 麻豆传媒高清鈥檚 copies record a wide-ranging collection of animals from the southern hemisphere. They include several species which are now extinct, including the two examples shown here: the Chatham Island Bellbird and the Laughing Owl, the latter drawn and lithographed by Joseph Wolf, a renowned nineteenth-century illustrator of birds. The University holds two copies of the听Zoology, the first of which was formerly in the collection of the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society of New 麻豆传媒高清; the second copy belonged to Canterbury Public 麻豆传媒高清 before its rare books were transferred to the 麻豆传媒高清's collection.
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Richard N. Holdaway, 'The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Erebus & Terror', in Treasures of the 麻豆传媒高清 麻豆传媒高清, ed. by Chris Jones & Bronwyn Matthews with Jennifer Clement (Christchurch: CUP, 2011)
Chatham Island Bellbird,听Anthornis melanocephala听- now extinct (left). Laughing owl,听Sceloglaux albifacies听- now extinct (right).听The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R N , F R S, during the years 1839 to 1843, ed. by Sir John Richardson, John Edward Gray & George Robert Gray with additional material by John Edward Gray, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Albert G眉nther, Edward J Miers, Arthur Gardiner Butler & Edgar Albert Smith, vol. 1:听Mammalia, Birds; vol. 2:听Reptiles, Fishes, Crustacea, Insects, Mollusca听(London: E W Janson, 1875). 麻豆传媒高清 麻豆传媒高清
