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SoutJicyn Cross. 



Jamiiiry, the period ol' incubation lasting from tliirty-oue to thirty- 

 fonr «lays. When we left Cape Adare, on the 2nd of February, 

 although most of the young birds had completely lost their down, and 

 had tlicir full feathers, with the exception of the black ones on the 

 throat, there were still very many young and tiny ones, only aljout a 

 fortniglit old. Tliey seem to vary a good deal in the time they 

 Uike to develop ; for, even wlien we left Cape Adare, there were still 

 some of the previous year's birds with white or partly white throats, 

 and I took some on board with me, but was unable to skin them. 









ADELIA PENGUINS ON THEIR NESTS. 

 (/iy jiermifsimi (if Sir Geurge Newncs, Barl.) 



The young l)irds seem to grow very rapidly, and, when once they 

 start casting their down, tliey have it all oft" in a few days' time." 



From Mr. liorchgrevink's account of the species I extract the 

 I'ullowing notes : — 



" Although the Tenguin colony seemed to fill the very ground of 

 the peninsula, new arrivals continued even after the Penguins which 

 aniveil first had been .«itting on their eggs for a fortnight. The 

 IVnguin rookery at the Peninsula of Camp Pidley, at Cape Adare, 

 was the same as when I visited it in 1804. The Penguins literally 

 covered the ground ; their nests lying on the top of the guano 

 deposits and consisting of small pebbles. I remembered I often 



