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PLATE LIV. EMPEROR PENGUINS AT CAPE CROZIER. 



FIG. 1. From a photograph by E. A. WILSON (W. 6, ^-plate), Oct. 19, 1903 ; taken 

 from beneath the Cape Crozier cliffs, looking eastward along the sea-face of 

 the Great Ice Barrier. 



FIG. 2. From a photograph by C. R. ROYDS (R. #, 5" x 4" film), Oct. 18, 1902 ; 

 looking S. from the sea-ice towards the point where the Barrier ice- sheet 

 crushes itself upon the land. 







From the upper picture an idea may be obtained of the nesting colony of a 

 thousand Emperor Penguins which occupied the sea-ice of the bay between Cape 

 Crozier and the Barrier ice-cliffs. Colour is required to give an adequate idea of 

 the beauty of these birds. The head is jet black, and the back bluish grey. The 

 breast is a beautiful lemon yellow, pale below but deepening to a rich golden-yellow 

 patch on each side of the neck. A vivid streak of red and lilac on the lower bill 

 contrasts with the jet-black head, and on all the feathers there is a gloss like satin 

 sheen. 



They stand upright to sleep, with their heads tucked in, so to speak, beneath 

 the wings, though the tip of the bill is the only part that gets there. Occasionally 

 they sleep also prone upon the breast. When bolt upright, they stand nearly four 

 feet high, and turn the scale at 80 and even 90 Ibs. 



See Nat. Hist. Rep., vol. ii., Aves, pp. 1-31. 



