EMPEROR PENGUINS 



keeps the sea from freezing in over a considerable 

 area, so that probably they never have to vv^alk 

 more than a mile or tw^o to get food. 



The cry of the Emperor is very loud and travels 

 far across the ice. When sledging over the sea-ice 

 in the spring, in the neighbourhood of Cape Adare, 

 a curious sound was heard at times, reminding one 

 strongly of the "overtone" notes of a ship's steam 

 horn. The sounds puzzled us at the time, but 1 

 think now that most probably they were made by 

 Emperor penguins. 



The egg of the Emperor is white, pyriform in 

 shape, and weighs just under 1 lb. 



My own experience of these birds being limited 

 1 do not intend to enter deeply into the subject. 

 The only surviving member of the band who visited 

 Cape Crozier during the winter is Mr. Cherry- 

 Garrard, and it is much to be hoped that some day 

 he will write us an account of what he saw there. 

 In the meantime for further details of the habits 

 and morphology of the species, the reader is referred 

 to Dr. Wilson's work, published in the second 

 volume of the British Museum Reports, on the 

 National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904!. 



