Aves. 



115 



/. $ ad 



g. $ ad. 



li. $ pull. 

 i. pull. 



h. I. m. $ 



n. 0. ^ ^ 



p. (^ imm. 



q. 9 pull. 



r. $ pull. 



Cape Adare. Oct. 14th, 1899. 

 Cape Adare. Nov. 21st, 1899. 

 Cape Adare. Dec. 12tli, 1899. 

 Cape Adare. Dec. 12tli, 1899. 

 p. 9 pull. Cape Adare. Dec. 29th, 1899. 

 pull. Cape Adare. Jan. 4th, 1900. 

 Cape Adare. Jan. 18th, 1900. 

 Cape Adare. Jan. 22nd, 1900. 

 Cape Adare. Jan. 24th, 1900. 



The nestlings of this Penguin, obtained in December, are pretty 

 little creatures, covered with silvery -grey down, with a black head and 

 face; the throat also is shaded with sooty-black. Even in the nestlino- 



ADKLIA I'K^'GL'INS AND YOUNG. 



(^liy permission of Sir George Newnes, Bart.') 



stage there is considerable difference in the colour of the down, for 

 one specimen is sooty-brown all over, excepting on the head, which is 

 blackish, though not in very strong contrast to the back. As the 

 bird increases in size the silvery-grey appearance gives place to sooty 

 down, and a little black spot shows the position of the tail. A 

 nearly full-grown young bird, killed on the 24th of January, is 

 entirely clothed in sooty-grey down and has lost the black head, but 

 the stiffened tail-feathers are fairly developed and have flat and 

 glossy black shafts. The thighs are beginning to show white 

 plumes. 



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