98 The Penguins 



time." The other species are P. adelia and P. antarcfica, both without the 

 white band across the crown. 



Distinguished by a stouter bill and an eyebrow band of more or less elon- 

 gated golden feathers, are the five or six species of Catarrhactes, or Rock-hoppers, 



FIG. 30. Kerguelen Rock-hopper Penguin, Catarrhactes chrysocome. 



as they are called from the habit of "hopping" rather than walking. The 

 Kerguelen species (C. chrysocome} is about twenty-five inches in total length, 

 dark slate above, with the top of the head black and the throat and belly white. 

 The feathers of the crown and back of the head are elongated into a straggling 

 crest three inches in length, while the stripes above the eyes are of golden yellow 

 feathers quite three and one half inches long. Their nests, placed among the 



