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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 
ADELIE PENGUIN. 
By Staff-Surgeon G. MURRAY LEVICK, RN. 
(Member of the Expedition). 
WITH PLATES I-XXI, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Be iogeephy : ; , ; ‘ 55 
- Natural History of the Adélie Penguin eve se ane nae) 
1. Arrival at the rookery . : : : : : : ; : 57 
2. Mating . ; : ; : 59 
3. Nesting, eges, eabation, aetine and aahiine : : 61 
4. The games of Adélie Penguins —. : : ; : 70 
5. Enemies of the Adélie Penguin. : f : : - : 74 
6. Nesting on cliffs : : : : : ; ; ; 76 
7. Mortality . : : : : : ; 78 
8. Rate of growth and care oy youne . : ; ; Be 
9. Departure from the rookery . : ; j ; 80 
10. The “ ecstatic” attitude : ’ ‘ : : ; 82 
BIBLIOGRAPHY.* 
HE habits of Adélie Penguins have been dealt with from time to time by different 
iters, but the information to be had from these 1s fragmentary and often misleading. 
fact, the only extensive work on this subject that may be accepted as entirely 
rrect is that of Dr. Edward A. Wilson, published in Vol. II of the British Museum 
sport on the Natural History of the National Antarctic (“ Discovery”) Expedition, 
1901-4 (Aves, pp. 36-58). 
. a) As the present work deals simply with the habits of Pygoscelis adeliw, and is 
veo for those who are already acquainted with the subject, the reader is advised 
t in type, under the title “ Antarctic Penguins: a Study of their Social Habits.” (London: William 
nemann, 1914).—S. F. H. 
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