THE DIVERS. 



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pushes it in, and this is repeated until it takes to the sea of its own accord." Captain Fitzroy tells us 

 that in the breeding-places of the King Penguins he has been much amused to see the old bird get on 

 a little eminence and make a great noise between quacking and braying, holding its head up in the 

 air as if it were haranguing the penguinnery, while the young one stands close to it, but a little 

 lower, the old bird having continued its chatter for about a minute, puts its head down, and opens its 

 mouth widely, into which the young one thrusts its head, and then appears to suck from the throat of 





THE GOLDEN OR CRESTED PENGUIN (Chrysocoi)U catarractcs). ONE-FOURTH NATURAL SIZE. 



the mother for a minute or two, after which the chatter is again repeated, and the young one again fed. 

 This performance continues for about ten minutes. 



The TRUE PENGUINS (Sphcniscus) constitute a section of the above birds distinguishable by 

 having the beak shorter than the head, straight, compressed, thick, hard, and irregularly furrowed ; 

 the margins are drawn in, and the base of the lower mandible feathered. 



THE SPECTACLED OR CAPE PENGUIN. 

 The Spectacled or Cape Penguin {Sphcniscus demerstts, or Aptenodytes demerstts), the best-known 



