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PLATE LVIIL EMPEROR PENGUIN AND ITS YOUNG. 



From a photograph by E. A. WILSON (W. 12, |-plate), Oct. 19, 1903 ; taken on sea- 

 ice at Cape Crozier. 



In this instance the chicken has reached an age when its size interferes with 

 the complete fulfilment of nature's wishes. The chicken is, therefore, compelled 

 to be satisfied in a manner like the Ostrich, by hiding its head where it could wish 

 to hide the remainder of its body. It is, perhaps, not at first obvious in this 

 picture that the black projecting end of the chicken is its tail. 



