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<? ad Cape Adare. Oct. 14th, 189'J. 



$ ad. Cape Adare. Nov. 21st, 1899. 



$ pull. I Cape Adare. Dec. 12th, 1899. 

 pull. I Cape Adare. Dec. 12th, 1899. 



I. m. (J p. ? pull. Cape Adare. Dec. 29th, 1899. 

 %. 0. ^ 9 pull. Cape Adare. Jan. 4th, 1900. 

 p. S imm. Cape Adare. Jan. 18th, 1900. 

 q. 9 pull. Cape Adare. Jan. 22nd, 1900. 

 r. ? pull. Cape Adare. Jan. 24th, 1900. 



The nestlings of this Penguin, obtained in December, are pretty 

 little creatures, covered with silvery-grey down, with a black head and 

 face; the throat also is shaded with sooty-black. Even in the nestling 



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ADELIA PENGUINS AND YOUNG. 

 {By permission of Sir George Newnes, Bart.) 



stage there is considerable difference in the colour of the down, for 

 one specimen is sooty-brown all over, excepting on the head, which is 

 blackish, though not in very strong contrast to the back. As the 

 bird increases in size the silvery-grey appearance gives place to sooty 

 down, and a little black spot shows the position of the tail. A 

 nearly full-grown young bird, killed on the 24th of January, is 

 entirely clothed in sooty-grey down and has lost the black head, but 

 the stiffened tail-feathers are fairly developed and have flat and 

 glossy black shafts. The thighs are beginning to show white 

 plumes. 



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