2 Life History of the Emperor Penguin. [Jan. 27, 



Much was said of the trials that must be endured by the natu- 

 raHst who wishes to see this bird in its breeding haunts. He must 

 be ready to encounter the lowest temperatures hitherto recorded, 

 under canvas, sleeping three in a bag for what warmth can be pro- 

 cured at 40°, 50° and 60° below zero Fahrenheit, and for a fortnight 

 or three weeks at a stretch. Much, also, was said of the various 

 sledge expeditions undertaken, after its first discovery by Engineer- 

 Lieutenant Skelton, R.N., for the purpose of fully investigating the 

 Emperor Penguin rookery at Cape Crozier ; of the discovery of the 

 first Qg^ on the sea-ice by Lance-Corporal Blissett, R.M.L.I., and of 

 the exceptional circumstances which, in the following year, enabled 

 the lecturer to bring back to the ship a series of some fourteen eggs 

 and several dozen of the young. 



Examples were shown at the close of the lecture, which was 

 further illustrated by a series of lantern slides, made from photo- 

 graphs taken mainly by Mr. Skelton and from drawings by the 

 lecturer of the various stages in growth of the Emperor Penguin, 

 from infancy to old age. 



[E. A. W.] 



