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INDEX. 



during nesting, (J, 12 ; average age, 13 ; body tem- 

 perature, 17, 18 ; breeding habits, 7 ; colour of 

 young, 23 ; damage done to young, 5 ; death- 

 rate of young, 10, 12 ; description of egg, 

 27-30 ; discovery of rookery, 4 ; distribution, 

 3, 18; eggs and young common property, 11, 

 14; enemies, 17 ; fatness, 15 ; feeding of young, 

 14 ; finding of first egg, 5 ; food, 14 ; habits of 



young, 



measurements, 21 ; method of 



carrying egg and young, 11, 13 ; method of 

 progression, IG ; migration, 5 ; migration 'with 

 young, s, 0, 10 ; moult, 19, 20 ; nursing dead 

 chicks, 13 ; "pouching" of eggs, 11 ; starvation 

 during moult, 15; stones in stomach, 15; 

 struggle for chicks, 12 ; variations, 22 ; voice 

 notes, 18 ; voice notes of young, is, 20 ; 

 wandering in autumn, 15 ; weiglit, 10 ; weight 

 of egg and young, 20. 



Ewhjptes schlegeli, 59. 



EunhiHsia, 15, 42, 43, 80, 90. 



Feathers, 20 ; bleaching of, 54, 58, 83 ; pigmenta- 

 tion, 35 ; superciliary crest of Penguins, 35, 30, 

 61 ; wear of, 20 ; whiteness, reasons for, 25, 100. 



Fregetta melanogaster, 79. 



Fulmar, Southern. See Prkwella ijldcialoides. 



Gannet, 29. 



Giant Petrel, 17, 24, 33, 91, 93-101, 110 ; distribu- 

 tion of varieties, 90 ; flight, 99 ; food, 94 ; foot- 

 marks, 94 ; nesting habits, 94 ; variation, 95. 



Great Grey Shearwater, 81-82. 



Great Penguin, 01, 62. 



Grey-headed Albatross, 33, 1U9, 111, 112, 113-114. 



Gull, Herring, 2G. 



Halobwna, 39. 

 Haloltcna cmraha, 104. 



Killer Whale, 17, 38, 40, 56, 99. 



King Penguin, 0, 11, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 



30, 32-36, 41, GO, 01, 111; description of 



roukery, 34; egg of, 29, 30, 3t ; food, 35; 



method of holding egg and young, 33, 34 ; 



method of progression, 35 ; moult of young, 34 ; 



voice notes, 34. 



Lams ari/fiittatifs, 26. 



Lanis dominkanus, 33. 



Leptonychole» iveddeUi, 66, 73, loO. 



Lesson's Petrel, 87-88. 



Lcslris antiiictira, 03. 



Lohodoii carcinophagtis, 39, loo, lol. 



Majaqueus icquinodiaUs, 86-87. 



McCormick's Skua, 17, 24, 53, 03, 64-76, 90, 100, 

 101 ; attacking intruders, 70 ; attacking pen- 

 guins, 07 ; disappearance of young, 72 ; distri- 

 bution, 66 ; eating snow, 67 ; egg of, 75 ; feed- 

 ing of young, 71 ; food, 70, 73 ; late broods, 



07 ; moult, 74 ; nesting habits, 69, 70, 71 ; 

 phases of plumage, 66, 72, 74 ; sense of smell, 



08 ; thieving tendencies, 09, 73 ; variation, 68 ; 

 voice notes, 70. 



M&jddi/ptes, 22, 35, 30, 01. 



Megalyptes antipoduiii, 61, 62. 



Megahslris antarctka, 33, 63-64, OG, G>^, 75, 76, 

 81, 101, 107 ; egg of, 75 ; young of, 75. 



Megalestris marrormicki, 17, 24, 53, 63, 64-76, 90, 

 100, 101 ; attacking intruders, 70 ; attacking 

 penguins, 67 ; disappearance of young, 72 ; dis- 

 tribution, 60 ; eating snow, 07 ; egg of, 75 ; 

 feeding of young, 71 ; food, 70, 73 ; late broods, 



07 ; moult, 74 ; nesting lialjits, 69, 7o, 71 ; 

 phases of plumage, 60, 72, 74 ; sense of smell, 



08 ; thieving tendencies, 09, 73 ; variation, 68 ; 

 voice notes, 7o. 



Mutton Bird, 80-81. 



" Nelly." See Giant Petrel. 

 Neskrax aucldamlicus, 107. 

 Northern Polar animals, 18. 

 Numenius arquata, 20. 



Oceandes iiieliiiw/as/er, 70. 



Oceaiiites oceaiiiciis, 39, 76-79, 83, 99 ; distribu- 

 tion, 77 ; egg, 78 ; food, 79 ; migration, 77, 

 7)s ; nesting habits, 78. 



Ocydroiniis scotti, 33. 



Oestrelata lessoni, 87-88. 



Omnmfophoca, 39. 



Orca gladiator, 17, 38, 40, 56, 99. 



Ossifraga gkjantea, 17, 24, 33, 91, 93-101, 110 ; 

 distribution of varieties, 96 ; flight, 99 ; food, 

 94 ; nesting habits, 94 ; variation, 95. 



Pagodromn, 39, 100. 



Pagodroma nivea, 18, 38, 83, 88-92, 100, 116; 

 enemies, 90 ; flight, 91 ; food, 90 ; measure- 

 ments, 89 ; migration 90 ; moult, 91 ; voice, 

 notes, 91. 



Pelecanokks cxsul, 107-108. 



PeJecanokles ganioli, 108. 



Pelecanoide.s urinatrix, 107-108. 



Penguins, 1-62, 64, 83, 86, 94 ; footmarks and 

 roadways, 41. 



Petrels, 76-108 ; habit of disgorging, 94. 



