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times, three or four other penguins ran up, and apparently tried to stop the fight. 
This is the only construction I can put on their behaviour, as time after time they 
kept running in when the two combatants clinched, pushing their breasts in between 
them, but making no attempt to fight themselves, whilst their more collected 
appearance and smooth feathers were in marked contrast to the angry attitudes of 
the combatants. 
“The fight which had started on the outskirts of a knoll crowded with nests, 
soon edged away to the space outside, and it was here that I (and Campbell, who 
was with me) saw the other penguins try to stop it. 
“The last minute was a very fierce and vindictive ‘mill, both fighting with 
all their might, and ended in one of them trying to toboggan away from his opponent, 
but he was too exhausted to get any pace on, so that just as he got into the 
crowd again he was caught, and both fought for a few seconds more, when the 
apparent victor suddenly stopped and ran away. 
“The other picked himself up and made his way rapidly among the nests, 
evidently searching for one in particular. Following him, I saw him run up to a nest 
near the place where the fight had begun. There was a solitary penguin waiting 
by this nest, which was evidently new, and not yet completed, being without eggs. 
“The cock I had followed, ruffed and battered with battle, ran up to the 
waiting bird, and the usual side-to-side chatter in the ecstatic attitude began, 
and continued for half a minute, after which each became calmer, and I left them 
apparently reconciled, and arranging stones in the nest. This incident was after the 
usual nature of a dispute between two mates for a hen, but the pacific interference 
of the other birds was quite new to my experience. That it was pacific I am quite 
convinced, and Campbell agreed with me that there was little doubt of it. All the 
nests about had two eges under incubation, and the pair in question must have 
been newcomers.” 
The above note, | am afraid, gives a rather meagre impression of an astonishing 
scene, of which I have a very distinct recollection. 
As the two birds fought, several couples stood around them, who from time to 
time turned to one another, making sounds and gestures as if they were arguing some 
point, when one of them would turn and run in between the opponents, literally 
pushing itself in between them, and though striking no blow itself, doing everything 
possible to hinder them. As is often the case during a fight, many others looked on 
with apparent interest in the proceedings, pausing in their own affairs to do so. 
4—_THE GAMES OF ADELIE PENGUINS. 
That Adéhes have developed a taste for playing certain primitive games seems 
perfectly evident. They never play on the ground of the rookery itself, but on the 
sea-ice, on their way to and from their bathe. 
