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Southern Cross. 



The distribution of the Emperor Penguin is given by Mr. Howard 

 Saunders in the ' Antarctic Manual ' (p. 227), as ''■ ranging longitu- 

 dinally to 151° E. in Victoria Quadrant, through Eoss Quadrant, and 

 to about 50° W. in Weddell Quadrant." jSTo authenticated egg of 

 this bird is known to exist ; but Mr. Saunders mentions a large 

 Penguin's egg in the possession of Mr. J. H. Walter, of Drayton 

 House, Norwich, said to have been procured in the " Antarctic 

 regions," prior to 1855, which is bigger than any King Penguin's egg, 

 and may well be that of an Emperor Penguin. 



EMPEROR PENGUINS. 

 (/?.!/ pernihsion of Sir George Newnes, Bart.) 



Mr. Bull, in his ' Cruise of the "Antarctic," ' mentions meeting with 

 the large Penguin in the pack-ice in about 68° 21' S., 176° 15' E., but 

 he calls it by mistake the ' King ' Penguin, instead of the ' Emperor.' 

 The latter is first recorded by Mr. Borchgrevink as having been met 

 with in the pack-ice on January 8tli, and he chronicles the capture 

 of a pair on the 18th of the same month. His account of these birds 

 is practically the same as that in Mr. Hanson's private ' Diary ' 

 {antea, p. 87), and need not be repeated here. 



On p. 224 of his book, Mr. Borchgrevink writes : " We saw com- 

 paratively few of the Emperor Penguins {A. forstcri), and were not 

 able to find their nesting-places. We came across odd ones in the 



