2oO Hazard, Breeding Habits of the Ki?ig Penguin. 



Auk 

 Oct. 



before I returned in the autumn, and apparently of the same disease 

 which sickened Pete. Bute died about three weeks after my 

 departure, and Topsy about three weeks later. I was sorry to 

 lose Bute for I valued her, but I was really sad at Topsy's 

 demise — she had been an admirable pet from beginning to end, 

 always quiet and docile, with all the virtues and none of the vices of 

 her brother and sister, and she had become quite a companion. 



Of course their food (they lived entirely on raw beef except a 

 very occasional sparrow) probably did not agree with them, but 

 I lay the cause of their death more to their want of freedom, and 

 consequent lack of exercise. Pete was too young perhaps when 

 I took him, and on account of his contrariness did not get the 

 advantages the others did. He got no exercise whatever, and 

 sickened long before the others showed any unhealthy signs. 

 Bute was intractable, and though she could fly around a room and 

 get some exercise that way, she seldom did. Topsy, on the other 

 hand, got more or less of open-air freedom, and I feel sure would 

 have lived had I been home to take her out. 



In ending I would suggest that if any one wants more accurate 

 data obtained under more natural conditions than the above, they 

 should find some Hawk's nest of easy access, and climb up to it 

 each day for regular data. I leave this task to some one else, 

 however, as I have neither the time nor the patience. 



BREEDING HABITS OF THE KING PENGUIN 

 (APTENODTTES LONGIROSTRIS). 



BY R. G. HAZARD. 



Plate VIII. 



In 'Bulletin No. 2' of the United States National Museum 

 (p. 41), Dr. J. H. Kidder mentions a curious habit of the King 

 Penguin (Aptenodytes loiigirostris) upon the authority of 

 Captain Joseph J. Fuller. He says: "Captain Fuller, of the 

 schooner Roswell King, informs me .... that they [the King 



