SPHENISCJD31 143 



Family SPHENISCID^E. 



(Jenus APTENODYTES, Forst. 

 Aptenodytes patagonica, Forst. 



Apteiiodytes patachonica, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. V6(j. tab. c. fig. 2 



(1845-54). 

 Aptenodytes longirostris, Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 152 (1879) ; -SW. >.V 



Salv. Zool. ' ChaUenr/er'' Erped. ii. pt. viii. p. 122 (188 )) ; Scl. t. c. 



p. 151 (1880) ; Btdler, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 306 (1888). 

 Aptenodyta patagonica, Layard, Ibis, 1867, p. 459 ; Grant, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xxvi. p. 627 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 117 (1899). 



The two eggs of the King Penguin in the Collection arepyriform, 

 and measure 4-35 by 3 and 4*25 by 2do respectively, 



1. Marion Island, Indian Ocean. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



1 . New Zealand. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PYGOSCELIS, WagUr. 



Pygoscelis papua (Forst.). 



Aptenodytes papua, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. c. fig. 6 (1845- 



54). 

 Eudyptes papua, Go>dd, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 98 ; Abbott, Ibis, i860, p. 336. 

 Pygosceles wagleri, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 163. 

 Pygoscelis ta^niata, Shai-pe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 154 (1879) ; Saunders 



t. c. p. 165 (1879); Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 304 



(1888J. ^ 



Pygosceles tajuiatus, Scl. c^- Sah. Zool. ' Challenger ' Kvped. ii. pt. viii p 1 -U 



(1880); aSc/. (-.f. p. 152(1880). 

 Pygoscelis papua, Grayit, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 631 (1898) ; Sharne 



Hand-l. i. p. 118 (1899). ' ' 



The eggs of the Piock-Hoppcr Penguin are almost spherical in 

 shape. The smallest example in the Collection measures 1-45 by 

 1-12. Full-sized specimens vary from 2-65 to 2-95 in length and 

 from 2*27 to 2"5 in breadth. 



Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 



Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 



Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



East Falklands. Lieut. A. Smith [P.]. 



Kerguelen Island (A. E. Eatuji). Royal Society [P.]. 



