A MOLTING ROCK HOPPER 



In the latter part of January the penguins in the Falklands begin sliedding their feathers and remain on shore 



until the new feathers have replaced the old. The unkempt, ragged looking specimen above is shedding his 



old suit in patches, and bears little resemblance to the clean, trim figure he will jjresent two weeks 



later. Soon after the birds have finished molting and the young have their feathers fully grown, 



the rock hopper penguins go to sea. and the greater number do not return until the following 



spring, which begins, in the latitude of the Falklands, about October. Some of them travel 



hundreds of miles from the place where they were hatched, and how they find their 



way back is still a mystery 



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