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PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA (Forst.). 



Antarctic Pinguin, Lath, Gen. Syn. vi. 565, and Gen. Hist. x. 389. 

 Aptenodytes antarctica, Forst., Comm. Soc. Reg. Sc. Gott, 1781, iii. 141, 



pi. 4. Gm., S. N. L. 1788, 557. Lath., Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, 879. 

 Eudyptes antarctica, Gray, Voy. E. and T., Birds, pi. 26. 

 Pygoscelis antarctica, Bonap. Hyatt, Proc. Bost. Soc. 1871. 

 Spheniscus antarcticus, Schleg., Urin. M. P.-B. iii. 1866, 5. 

 Eudyptes {Pygoscelis) antarctica, Gray, Handl. iii. 1871, 99. 



Habitat. Maribus aust. et antarct. Ins. Falklandicis, Weddelii. 



" Taille an dessous de la moyenne. Bee petit. Se distingue de toutes 

 les antres especes par le blanc occupant non senlement toutes les parties 

 inferieures jusqu'au menton, mais encore les cotes de la tete jusqu'a l'occi- 

 put et le bas des freins, et parceque ce blanc n'est interrompu que par une 

 raie noire entourant le devant de la gorge, traversant les joues, et se dirige- 

 ant sur le devant de la nuque. Bee noiratre. Pieds rougeatres." (ScnL.) 



" Length 21 to 22 inches ; tail 4i to 5| inches ; wing 1\ inches ; tarsus 

 29 to 30 lines ; middle toe 2 inches ; bill (along the side) 27 to 28 lines ; 

 from the forehead 18 lines ; height 7| lines." (Schlegel.) 



We have not seen this strongly marked species, and we are not 

 aware that there is more than one specimen in the United States. 

 This is in the Boston Society's Museum, and is an adult, from the 

 La Fresnaye Collection; no locality assigned. (Fide Hyatt.) 



The foregoing description is copied from Dr. Schlegel, who 

 quotes two specimens in the Leyden Museum, from the Falk- 

 land and Weddell's Islands (Voyage of the Astrolabe and Zelee). 



In the length of tail, feathering of the bill, and some other 

 characters, it seems related to tseniata and adeliee, and to be 

 referable to the genus Pygoscelis. It forms, with S. minor, an 

 exception to the general rule of coloration among penguins, in 

 that the throat persists white. 



EUDYPTES ANTIPODES (H. & J.), 



Catarrhactes antipodes, Homhr. and Jacq., Ann. Sc. Nat. 1841, 320. 



Id., Voy. an Pole Sud de PAst. et Zelee, pi. 33, f. 2. 

 Eudyptes antipoda, Gray, Voy. Ereb. et Terr. pi. 27. Cass., Ornith. 



U. S. Ex. Ex. 1859, 351, 450, No. 684. 

 Pygoscelis antipoda, Bonap. 



Spheniscus antipoda, Schleg., Urinatores Mus. Pays-Bas, 9me, 1866, 9. 

 Eudyptes {Pygoscelis) antipoda, Gray, Handl. iii. 1871, 99. 

 Aptenodytes flavilarvata, Peale, Orn. U. S. Ex. Ex. 1848, p. 260, pi. 70, f. 



1 ; p. 335, No. 695. 



