Table No. 6 gives all the above mentioned records, plus a 



few scattered in other publications, some given to me by 

 obliging friends, and a few determined by myself. 



TABLE NO. 6 



Bird Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit 



Weight Authority 



Ostrich, laying season 9 102.0 141 



Ostrich, non-laying 100.0 141 



Ostrich, breeding ^$ 104.0 141 



Ostrich, average of five individuals 99.2 156 



Ostrich, highest of five individuals 100.0 156 



Emu '. 102.2 112 



Emu avg. 103.1 165 



Cassowarv 102.56 112 



Tinamou ' (Spotted) avg. 104.06 112 



Tinamou (Rufous) 105.44 112 



Apteryx (Mantell's) 99.32 112 



Apteryx (Haast's) $ 100.22 112 



Penguin (Eudyptula minor unclina). Alive 



] .avg. 6, 101.3 153 



Penguin (Species ? ) 102.2 10 



Penguin ( Adelie) 102.5 10 



Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus) 105.26 165 



Albatross (Sp?) (Taken in 1836 and 1837) 



mean 103.82 165 



Albatross (Sp?) 104.09 38 



Diomedia (exulans or chlorhynchos ? ) 



mean of nine 105.27 165 



Grand Albatross (taken in 1836 and 1837) 



mean 102.92 165 



Petit Albatross (taken in 1836 and 1837) 



mean 106.16 165 



Petrel (Sp?) 103.1 38 



Grand Petrel Noir (taken in 1836 and 1837) 



mean 103.46 165 



Procellaria gracilis 101.66 165 



Procellaria capensis 103.5 165 



Mutton Bird (Neonectris tenuirostris brevi- 



caudis), alive avg. 7 juv.-100.2 153 



Procellaria pelagica (Storm Petrel) 103.64 165 



Petrel gris (taken in 1836 and 1837) ... .mean 103.28 165 



Petrel damier (taken in 1836 and 1837) mean 105.26 165 



Cormoran (Sp?) 106.16 38 



Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant) mean 103.5 165 



Phalacrocorax graculus (Shag) mean 106.4 165 



Sula bassana (Gannet) mean 106.6 165 



Black-Crown Night Heron $ May 2, directly 



after being shot 102.3 182 



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