ANTARCTIC LAND OF VICTORIA—ZIMMERMANN, one 
of the young of this magnificient bird, which measures from 1 to 1.2 
meters, and weighs from 30 to 40 kilograms. This bird it appears 
breeds on the ice, at the foot of Ross Barrier, in the heart of winter, 
and as early as the month of July. It builds no nests but places its 
eggs on the dorsal surface of its feet and covers them with a fold of 
the skin of its abdomen. The different members of the colony while 
fighting over the eggs and the young bring about among them an 
enormous mortality, equal to 77 per cent. A few weeks after the 
hatching the manchot trusts itself to the drift ice and is borne away 
to the north with its young. The description of this singular animal, 
so well adapted to the strange antarctic life, is entirely new. 
In brief, the expedition of the Discovery has, thanks to the par- 
ticularly happy choice of winter quarters, made a substantial addi- 
tion to our knowledge of Victoria Land. 
Indeed, it would seem that there was left to future expeditions 
only the task of gleaning, except so far as concerns the making of 
collections of marine animals, where the field of discovery is yet 
enormous. 
Author's additional note, May 31, 1910.—The extraordinary re- 
sults obtained since the publication of this article, by the expedition 
of Sir E. H. Shackleton, the determination of the south magnetic 
pole, the ascent of Mount Erebus, and, above all, the discovery of a 
high frozen plateau, 3,000 to 8,500 meters in altitude, around the 
Antarctic Pole, have shown that we have been too modest in our 
prophecies. We can say without reserve that the most extensive 
remaining field for discovery lies in the mysterious southern world. 
It is perhaps the last terrestrial region where we can now expect 
sensational discoveries in pure geography. 
