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PYGOSCELIS, Wagler. 



PyGOSCELIS ADELINE. 

 (Plates VII., VIIL, X., figs. 4-6.) 



Catarrhactes adeliae, Hombr. and Jacq., Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), p. 320 (1841, 

 Adelip Land). 



Pygoscelis brevirostris, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus., l^art III., p. 154 (1844, Ice 

 off Louis Pliilippe Land, lat. 64° 72' S., long. 171° 6'). 



Aptenodytes longicaudata, Peale, U.S. ExpL Exped., Birds, p. 261 (1848, 

 ]at. 64° 40' S., long. 103° 4' E.). 



Eudyptes adeliae, Sharpe, Voy. ''Erelms'' and '■Terror^ App., pp. 38, pi. 28 

 (1875); Borcligrevink, First on Antarctic Cout., pp 198-217 (photos.), p. 257 

 (photo.. Possession Island), p. 286 (Ice barrier, Eobertson Bay). 



Spheniseus adelias, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, Urinat., p. 4 (1867, Adelie Land, 



Victoria Land). 



Dasyrhamplius adeliae, Donald, Proc. Roy. See, Edinb., XX., p. 170 (1894, 

 lat. 61° 14' S., long. 52° 27' VV., Danger Islands). 



Pygoscelis adeliae, Coues, Proc. Ac. Philad., 1872, p. 196 ; Scl., Ihis, 1894, 

 ]). 409; Ogilvie Gra-it, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXVI., p. 632 (1898); Forbes, 

 Bull. Liverp. Mus., IL, pp. 49 (1899) ; Piacovitza, Vie des Animaux, etc., 

 pp. 23-27 (1900, with i)hotos.) ; Bernacchi, South Polar Piegions, ]ip. 44, 58, 

 190, 192, 314 (1901) ; Howard Saunders, Antarctic Manual, p. 235 (1901). 



Eudyptes adaliea, Horchgrevink, First on Antarctic Continent, pp. 64, 102. 



«. ? ad. Killed on the pack-ice, 64° 8' S.L., 16° 52' E.L., Jan. 

 5th, 1899. 



" Iris dark brown ; eyelids white ; bill crimson and black ; feet 

 flesh-colour in front, dark blue-grey behind ; webs flesh-colour on 

 top, dark blue-grey underneath ; claws reddish." {H. B. Evans.) 



h. ? ad. (in moult). Caught on pack-ice, 64° 43' S.L., 161° 6' 

 E.L., Jan. 7th, 1899. 



" Iris dark brown ; eyelids white ; bill crimson and black ; feet 

 flesh-colour in front, dark blue-grey behind ; webs flesh-colour on 

 top, blue-green underneath ; claws reddish." {H. B. Evans.) 



c. $ ad. Caught on the pack-ice, 66° 16' S.L., 166° 56' E.L,, 

 Jan. 22nd, 1899. 



" Iris dark brown ; eyelids white ; bill crimson and black ; feet 

 flesh-colour in front, dark blue-grey behind ; webs flesh-colour on 

 top, dark blue-grey underneath ; claws reddish-black." (H. B. Evans.) 



d. ? ad. In the pack-ice. Feb. 5th, 1899. 



e. $ ad. (in moult).^ In the pack-ice. Feb. 7th, 1899. 



' This is one of the two specimens mentioned in Mr. Hanson's private ' Diary ' 

 {vide supra, p. 92). The other one did not reach the Museum. 



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