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INDEX. 



Adelic Penguin, 4, 14, 17, 24, 36-58, (51, 66, 69, 

 73, 95, 100 ; air-temperatures during nesting, 

 4!) ; breeding habits, 46, 48 ; changes with 

 growth, 52 ; colour of young, 51 ; death-rate, 

 45 ; egg, 51 ; feeding of young, 44 ; food, 43 ; 

 habits, 4(J ; in and under water, 42 ; behaviour 

 in a blizzard, 49 ; incubation period, 48 ; isabcl- 

 line variety, 37, 55 ; methods of progression, 40 ; 

 migration, 56, 57 ; moult, 57 ; moult of young, 

 51 ; occipital crest, 56 ; parasites, 51 ; mountain 

 pathway, 41 ; rookeries in South Victoria Land, 

 45 ; skuas attacking, 50 ; smell of rookery, 42 ; 

 stages of immaturity, 54, 58 ; stones in stomach, 

 43 ; variations, 54, 55 ; voice notes, 46, 47 ; 

 voice notes of young, 47. 



Albatross, 64, !'.), 108-116. 



Anas siiperciliosa, 81. 



Antarctic Petrel, 38, 82-84, 86, 88, 90, 99 ; bleach- 

 ing of, 83. 



Antarctic Skua, 33, 63-64, 66, 68, 75, 76, 81, 101, 

 107 ; egg of, 75 ; young, 75. 



Aptenodytes forsteri-, 1-31, 41, 45, 48, 61, 66, 91, 

 100, 111 ; absence of parasites, 18 ; air tempera- 

 ture during nesting, 6, 12 ; average age, 13 ; 

 body temperature, 18 ; breeding habits, 7 ; 

 colour of young, 23 ; damage done to young, 5 ; 

 death-rate of young, 1<>, 12 ; description of egg ; 

 27-30 ; discovery of rookery, 4 ; distribution, 3, 

 18 ; eggs and young, common property, 11, 14 ; 

 enemies, 17; fatness, 15 ; feeding of young, 14 ; 

 finding of first egg, 5 ; food, 14 ; habits of 

 young, 27 ; measurements, 21 ; method of carry- 

 ing egg and young, 11, 13 ; methods of progres- 

 sion, 16 ; migration, 5 ; migration with young, 

 8, 9, 10 ; moult, 19, 20 ; nursing dead chicks, 

 18 ; "pouching " of eggs, 11 ; starvation during 

 moult, 15 ; stones in stomach, 15 ; struggle for 

 chicks, 12 ; variations, 22 ; voice notes, 18 ; 

 voice notes of young, 18, 26 ; wandering in 

 autumn, 15 ; weight, 16 ; weight of egg and 

 young, 26. 



Aptenodytes patayonica, 6, 11, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 

 32-36, 60, 61, 111 ; description of rookery, 34 ; 

 egg of, 29, 30, 34 ; food, 35 ; method of holding 

 egg and young, 33, 34 ; methods of progression, 

 35 ; moult of young, 34 ; voice notes, 34. 



Bacteria, 18. 



Black-browed Albatross, 33, 109, 111-113 ; congre- 

 gation in Magellan Straits, 113 ; phases of 

 immaturity, 112. 



Blue Petrel, 104. 



Broad-billed Whale T5ird, 33, 64, 104-105. 



Buteo vulr/aris, 28. 



Buzzard, 28. 



Cape Pigeon, 38, 81, 102-103 ; discovery of egg by 



Dr. Pirie, 103 ; nesting habits, 103. 

 Catarrachfes, 22, 33, 35, 36, 61, 62. 

 Catarrachtes adeliie, 36. 

 Gatarrachtfs nntipodef., 62. 

 Cafarrachtes chrysochome, 36. 

 Catarrachtes chrysolophus, 36. 

 Catarrachtes pachyrhynchus, 36. 

 Catarrachtes scJikyeli, 33, 36, 59-62 ; albino, 33, 



61 ; egg of, 60 ; migration, 62 ; moult, 60 ; 



nesting habits, 60, 61 ; phases of immaturity, 



60 ; superciliary crest, 61. 

 Catarrachtes sclateri, 36. 

 Cephalopods, 14, 15, 35, 43. 

 Cormorant, 33. 

 Crab-eater, 39, 100, 101. 

 Cuckoo, 53. 

 Curlew, 26. 

 Cymodroma grallaria, 79, 80. 



Daption capensis, 38, 81, 102-103 ; discovery of egg 

 by Dr. Pirie, 103 ; nesting habits, 103. 



Diomedea, 99. 



Diomedea c/uonoptera, 109, 110-111. 



Diomedea chlororhynchus, 114. 



Diomedea culminatus, 113. 



Diomedea exulans, 33, 38, 108-110, 111 ; phases of 

 immaturity, 109 ; shyness of, 109. 



Diomedea fuliginosa, 115. 



Diomedea melanophrys, 33, 109, 111-113 ; congrega- 

 tion in Magellan Straits, 113; phases of im- 

 maturity, 112. 



Diomedea regia, 109, 110-111. 



Diving Petrel, 107-108. 



Drayton egg, 28, 29, 30. 



Emperor Penguin, 1-31, 41, 45, 48, 61, 66, 91, 100 

 111 ; absence of parasites, 18 ; air-temperature 



