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PYGOSCELIS, Wagler. 



PyGOSCELIS ADELINE. 

 (Plates VII., VIII., X., figs. 4-6.) 



Catarrhaetes adeliae, Hombr. and Jacq., Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), p. 320 (1841, 

 Adelie Land). 



Pygoscelis brevirostris. Gray, List B. Brit. Mas., I'art III., p. 154 (1844, Ice 

 off Louis Pliilippe Land, lat. 64° 72' S., long. 171° 6'). 



Aptenodytes longicaudata, Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 261 (1848, 

 lat. 64° 40' S., long. 103° 4' E.). 



Eudyptes adeliae, Sliarpe, Voy. ^Erebus'' and '■Terror^ App., pp. 38, pi. 28 

 (1875); Borcligrevink, First on Antarctic Cont., pp. 198-217 (photos.), p. 257 

 (photo., Possession Island), p. 286 (Ice barrier, Robertson Bay). 



Spheniscus adeliae, Sclil., Mus. Pays Bas, Urinat., p. 4 (1867, Adelie Land, 

 Victoria Land). 



Dasyrhamphus adeliae, Donald, Proc. Roy. Soc., Edinb,, XX., p. 170 (1894, 

 lat. 61° 14' S., long. 52° 27' W., Danger Islands). 



Pygoscelis adeliae, Coues, Proc. Ac. Philad., 1872, p. 196 ; Scl., Ihis, 1894, 

 ]). 499; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXVI., p. 632 (1898); Porbes, 

 Bull. Liverp. Mus., II., pp. 49 (1899) ; Racovitza, Vie des Animaux, etc., 

 jip. 23-27 (1900, with i^hotos.) ; Bernacchi, South Polar Regions, pp. 44, 58, 

 190, 192, 314 (1901) ; Howard Saunders, Antarctic Manual, p. 235 (1901). 



Eudyptes adaliea, Borchgrevink, First on Antarctic Continent, pp. 64, 102. 



a. ? ad. Killed on the pack-ice, 64° 8' S.L., 16° 52' E.L., Jan. 

 5th, 1899. 



" Iris dark brown ; eyelids white ; bill crimson and black ; feet 

 flesh-colour in front, dark blue-grey behind; webs flesh-colour on 

 top, dark blue-grey underneath ; claws reddish." {H. B, Evans.) 



b. ? ad. (in moult). Caught on pack-ice, 64° 43' S.L., 161° 6' 

 E.L., Jan. 7th, 1899. 



" Iris dark brown ; eyelids white ; bill crimson and black ; feet 

 flesh-colour in front, dark blue-grey behind ; webs flesh-colour on 

 top, blue-green underneath ; claws reddish." (H. B. Evans.) 



c. $ ad. Caught on the pack-ice, 66° 16' S.L., 166° 56' E.L., 

 Jan. 22nd, 1899. 



" Iris dark brown ; eyelids white ; bill crimson and black ; feet 

 flesh-colour in front, dark blue-grey behind ; webs flesh-colour on 

 top, dark blue-grey underneath; claws reddish-black." (H. B. Evans.) 



d. ? ad. In the pack-ice. Feb. 5th, 1899. 



e. S ad. (in moult).^ In the pack-ice. Feb. 7th, 1899. 



^ This is one of the two specimens mentioned in Mr. Hanson's private ' Diary ' 

 {vide supra, p. 92). The other one did not reach the Museum. 



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