ANTARCTIC SPHENISQUE ? 



(Spheniscns ? antarcticus.) 



Sp ? rostro atro, pedibus rubicundis, linea gulari nigra. 

 Sphenisque ? Math the beak dark- coloured, the legs l-eddish, and 



a black line on the throat. 

 Aptenodytes antarctica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 557. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 870. 

 Antarctic Penguin. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 565. Forst. Voy. 1. 98- 



Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 389. 



This rather exceeds two feet in length : its beak 

 nearly three inches long, and black; the under man- 

 dible somewhat truncated : the irides are pale yellow : 

 the prevailing colour of" the upper parts of the body 

 is black ; of the under pure white : the wings are 

 leaden-black, with their lower margins and inside 

 white, and tips black : on the chin is a narrow 

 blackish streak, which passes backwards to the oc- 

 ciput, with an angulation near the ears : the tail is 

 black : the legs are flesh-coloured : the soles of the 

 feet blaek. 



Inhabits, like its congeners, various parts of the 

 Antarctic Seas : it is frequently observed on the ice- 

 bergs and islands in plenty. 



