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that it is not a fish leaping for sport."* Of the same 

 species, apparently, Captain Fitzroy thus speaks :— 

 "Multitudes of Penguins were swarming together 

 in some parts of the island [Noir Island], among the 

 bushes and tussocks near the shore, having gone 

 there for the purposes of moulting and rearing their 

 voung. They were very valiant in self-defence, and 

 ran, open-mouthed, by dozens, at any one who in- 

 vaded their territory, little knowing how soon a stick 

 could scatter them on the ground. The young were 

 good eating, but the others proved to be black and 

 tough when cooked. The manner in which they 

 feed their young is curious, and rather amusing, 

 the old bird gets on a little eminence, and make? 

 a great noise, between quacking and braying, hold 

 ing its head up in the air, as if it were haranguing 

 the penguinnery, while the young one stands close to 

 it, but a little lower. The old bird having continued 

 its clatter for about a minute, puts its head down, 

 and opens its mouth widely, into which the young 

 one thrusts its head, and then appears to suck from 

 the throat of its mother for a minute or two, after 

 which the clatter is repeated, and the young one 

 is ao-ain fed; this continues for about ten minutes. 

 I observed some that were moulting make the same 

 noise, and then apparently swallow what they thus 

 supplied themselves with ; so, in this way, I suppose, 

 they are furnished with subsistence during the time 

 they cannot seek it in the water."f Mr. Weddell 

 observes of the King Penguins : — " In pride these 



* Voyages of Adventure and Beagle, iii. 256. flbid. i. 387. 



