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PLATE XLV. ADELIE PENGUINS. 



FIG. 1. From a photograph by R. W. SKELTON (Sk. 38, ^-plate), Jan. 9, 1902; 

 taken off Cape Adare. 



FIG. 2 (Map B). From a photograph by C. R. ROYDS (R. 180, 5" x 4" film), 

 Nov. 12, 1902; taken at Cape Crozier. The post with cylinders attached 

 was erected in the centre of this large "rookery" in Jan. 1902, and 

 eventually guided the relief ship ' Morning ' to our winter-quarters in 

 M'Murdo Sound. 



Both pictures illustrate quaint and characteristic attitudes of the Adelie 

 Penguin. In the upper one a group appears on an ice-floe, hesitating between 

 curiosity at the sight of the ship and a feeling of discretion which does not always 

 lead them to jump into the water, but rather to remain on the alert upon the ice ; 

 for, strange as it may seem, their one idea of danger being connected with Killer 

 Whales and Sea- Leopards in the water, the more terrified they become even by 

 men or dogs the less likely are they to leave the ice. In Fig. 2 the upright birds 

 in the centre are "making love," while a bird on the right has evidently attempted 

 to steal pebbles from the nest of her neighbour, who retaliates with picturesque 

 but otherwise inexpressible language. 



