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IN AUSTRALIAN WILDS 



Clumsy and slow ashore, in the sea Penguins move 

 swiftly, with ease and grace. They are master 

 mariners. From a cliff at Sandringham, on Port 

 Phillip Bay, I have often watched Penguins chasing 

 fish in the shallows. They dart through the water like 



YOUNG FAIRY PENGUINS. 



torpedoes, propelled chiefly by their paddle-shaped 

 wings. The call note is a curious barking sound, which 

 echoes far over the sea. 



On Penguin Island we discovered a small rookery 

 of Pelicans [Pelecanus conspicillatus'] . There were 

 about a dozen nests, each containing two eggs. The 

 birds were extremely wary; they flew out to sea when 

 we were fifty yards from the rookery, and did not re- 

 turn until our boat had left the island shore. The 

 cinematograph operator never had a chance. 



