Mr. P. L. Sclater on the Emperor Penguin. 



333 



A. fosteri. A. pennanti. 

 inches. 



iuclies. 

 45 

 8-2 

 01 



Distance from tlie point of the bill to the proxi- 

 mal end of the nasal bones 3*7 



Extreme length of the carina sterni in a straight 



line along the ventral margin 10-9 



Extreme length of sternum from the rostral pro- 

 cess to the middle point of the posterior border 8o ■ 



The remaining bones show nearly as great discrepancies on 



comparison ; in fact^ it" the skeletons of the two species were 



only known as fossils, they might well have been i^eferrcd 



to different genera. 



Fio-. 3. 



Llpper view df -^teriiiiiu of A. jX'unaiiti, reduced -4. 



