AVES SPHENISCID/E. 87 



Spheniscus pennantii, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, vi. Urinat. p. 3 (1867: Falk- 

 land Isl.). 



Aptenodytes longirostris, Coues, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1872, p. 193 (Falk- 

 land Isl.) ; Sharpe, Erebus & Terror, App. p. 37 (1875) ; Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 653 (Falkland Isl.); Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 311 

 (eggs) ; id. & Salv. Voy. Chall. Birds, p. 122 (1880: Falkland Isl.) ; 

 Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, III. Part X. p. 249 (1888: S. 

 Patagonia) ; Studer, Forschungsreise S. M. S., Gazelle, III. p. 104 

 (1889); Steinen, Internat. Polarforsch. Deutschen Exped. II. pp. 

 229-237, 273-276, pis. 7, 8 (1890); Oust. Sci. Miss. Cap Horn, p. 

 319 (1891); Moseley, Notes Voy. Chall. p. 152 cum fig. (1892); 

 Hazard, Auk, XI. p. 280, pi. viii. (1894: notes on nesting). 



FIG. S3- 



Aptenodytes patagonica. Profile head and neck. ^ natural size. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Total length about 36 inches. 



Culmen (gape to tip), 4.7 inches. 



Culmen (from nasal feathers to tip), 2.4 inches. 



Wing (shoulder to tip), 12 inches. 



Tail, 3.2 inches. 



Color. General color of upper parts dull blackish so thickly mottled 

 with small round blue grey spots as to present a bluish grey appearance ; 

 and below white. 



Head : The top of the head, and cheeks deep black having a distinct 

 dark greenish gloss. A large oval patch of orange-yellow on the sides 

 of the head, back of the ears. 



Neck: Sides of the neck uniform blue grey. Above and continuous 



