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Family SPHENISCID^l. 



Genus APTENODYTES, Forst. 



Aptenodytes patagonica, Forst. 



Aptenodytes patachonica, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Yog. tab. c. iig. '2 



(1845-54). 

 Aptenodytes longirostris, Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 152 (1879) ; Sol. $ 



Salv. Zool. ' Challenger' Ej-ped. ii. pt. viii. p. 122 (188)) ; Scl. t. c. 



p. 151 (1880) ; BuJler, Birds New Zeal 2nd ed. ii. p. 306 (1888). 

 Aptenodyta patagonica, Lai/ard, Ibis, 1867, p. 459 ; Grant, Cat. Sir/Is 



B. M. xxvi. p. 627 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 117 (1899). 



The two eggs of the King Penguin in the Collection are pyriform, 

 and measure 4-35 by 3 and 4-25 by 2*95 respectively. 



1. Marion Island, Indian Ocean. Voy. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



1. New Zealand. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PYGOSCELIS, Wagler. 



Pygoscelis papua (Forst.). 



Aptenodytes papua, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. c. fig. 6 (1845- 



54). 



Eudyptes papua, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 98 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1860, p. 336. 

 Pygosceles wagleri, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 163. 

 Pygoscelis taeniata, Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 154 (1879) ; Saundtrx, 



t. c. p. 165 (1879); Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 304 



(1888). 

 Pygosceles taeniatus, Scl. fy Salv. Zool. l Challenger ' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 124 



(1880); Scl.t.c.y. 152(1880). 

 Pygoscelis papua, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 631 (1898) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 118 (1899). 



The eggs of the Kock-Hopper Penguin are almost spherical in 

 shape. The smallest example in the Collection measures 1-45 by 

 1*12. Full-sized specimens vary from 2-65 to 2'95 in length and 

 from 2-27 to 2'5 in breadth. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A bbott). Gould Coll. 

 2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 

 2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



7. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



1. East Falklands. Lieut. A. Smith [P.]. 



1. Kerguelen Island (A. E. Eaton). Royal Society [P.]. 



