The king penguins on the left are in sleek new plumage. 
time of laying. I saw a few birds still 
engaged in pairing about the end of 
January. Courting couples stroll apart 
from the main flocks, and seem fond of 
standing side by side on high places 
such as knolls overlooking the sea. 
Caresses are then exchanged, the usual 
form being for the birds to cross their 
necks, swaying from side to side. 
King penguins commonly deport 
The central figure is completing its molt 
themselves in an amusingly lofty manner 
toward human beings, paying slight 
attention to a man’s quiet intrusion into 
their midst. If they are annoyed they 
march away, slowly and with an air of 
indifference, until they have been ac- 
tually frightened by abuse when they 
fall upon their breasts and scurry on all 
fours. I have seen a fox terrier put a 
whole band of kings to ignominious 
At the right — a yearling king penguin with his coat of down at its maximum length 
Main group — a yearling king molting into his first adult clothes, and a group of old birds in the 
throes of the annual molt 
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