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CASSELLS BOOK OK BIRDS. 



member of this group, is about twenty inches long. In this species the upper parts of the body, the 

 throat and cheeks and a horse-shoe band upon the breast and sides are blackish grey ; a stripe over the 

 eyes and the under side are white, the latter often marked with round brownish spots. The beak is 

 black, banded with white, and foot brown. The Spectacled Penguin is met with in all seas between the 

 Cape and South Polar Ciicle in countless numbers : it is also common near the Falkland Islands and 

 Macquarie Land, and from Cape Horn northwards to Valparaiso and La Plata. The Cape Penguin 

 swims and dives excellently, but moves awkwardly and stumbles frequently if it attempts to hurry. 

 According to Latham, it will frequently run for some time like a quadruped, making use of its fin-like 

 wings instead of legs till it can recover the upright posture which it usually maintains. It is said to 

 clamber some way up the rocks to make a nest, in doing 'which it has been seen to assist itself with 

 the bill. It lays two eggs of the size of those of the Duck, which are thought to be delicious, and are 

 obtained in great numbers for the table. These birds are frequently kept tame, but do not live in 

 confinement many months. 



The LEAPING PENGUINS {Eudypetcs) constitute a section having the beak closely com- 

 pressed at the base, obliquely furrowed, and sharp pointed ; the extremity of the upper mandible is 

 slightly hooked and incised ; above each eyebrow moreover the feathers are prolonged into con- 

 spicuous tufts. 



THE GOLDEN OR CRESTED PENGUIN. 



The Golden or Crested Penguin {Chrysocome catarrades) has the head, neck, and sides black 

 and over each eye a stripe of pale yellow feathers, which are lengthened into a crest behind, wings 

 black on the outside, their hinder edge and under surface white, breast and under surface silvery 

 white, bill reddish brown, feet greyish white. The female is said to have the yellow feathers over the 

 eyes shorter, or not prolonged into a crest. 



The Golden Penguin, is found in many parts of the Southern Ocean, on the coast of Patagonia, 

 Tierra dei Fuego, and Tristan d'Acunha ; it is also occasionally seen on the shores of Tasmania and 

 the coast of Australia, but is most numerous in the Islands of St. Paul's and Amsterdam ; in the latter, 

 where it is met with in great abundance, it may be seen sitting erect, or basking on the rocks in 

 company with the seals. 





