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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



underpaTts pure white. Flipper above like the back, edged behind with 

 white, white below. Tail with 16 feathers. Total length about 25 inches, 

 nasal feathers to tip 1.30-1.55, gape to tip 2.1-2.3, flipper 6.8-7, tail 4.3-4.4., 

 middle toe and claw 2.50-2.85. 



Nest generally on the bare ground. Two greenish-white eggs 

 are laid, which measure about 2.50 x 1.90 inch. 



These birds often congregate together in immense numbers, 

 especially on the Macquarie Islands. 



"Victorian Naturalist." A. H. E, Mattingley. 



Fairy Penguin and Young: Eudyptula undina. 



The Blue Penguin. 



Eudyptula minor. 



New Zealand, Tasmania, Southern Australia. 



Above greyish-blue, below white. Both outer and inner margins of 

 flippers widely bordered with white; upper tail coverts and tail sometimes 

 white, sometimes blue. Tail with 16 feathers. Total length 18 inches, 

 nasal opening to tip 1.3, gape to tip 2.15, flipper 5.6, tail 1.2, middle toe 

 and claw 2.1. 



Nest generally with a little dry vegetation and usually in 

 deserted Petrel burrows under rocks, or under matted vegetation. 

 Two white eggs are laid, which measure 2.30 x 1.66 inch; as a 

 rule one egg is larger than the other. 



