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during nesting, 6,12; average age, 13; body tem- 
perature, 17, 18; breeding habits, 7; colour of 
young, 28; damage done to young, 5; death- 
rate of young, 10, 12; description of egg, 
27-80; discovery of rookery, 4; distribution, 
8,18; eggs and young common property, 11, 
14; enemies, 17; fatness, 15; feeding of young, 
14; finding of first egg, 5; food, 14; habits of 
young, 27; measurements, 21; method of 
carrying egg and young, 11, 18; method of 
progression, 16; migration, 5; migration with. 
young, 8, 9, 10; moult, 19, 20; nursing dead 
chicks, 13 ; “pouching ” of eggs, 11; starvation 
during moult, 15; stones in stomach, 15; 
struggle for chicks, 12; variations, 22; voice 
notes, 18; voice notes of young, 18, 26; 
wandering in autumn, 15; weight, 16; weight 
of egg and young, 26. 
Eucyptes schlegeli, 59. 
Huphausia, 15, 42, 48, 80, 90. 
Feathers, 26 ; bleaching of, 54, 58, 88 ; pigmenta- 
tion, 35 ; superciliary crest of Penguins, 35, 36, 
61; wear of, 26 ; whiteness, reasons for, 25, 100. 
Fregetta melanogaster, 79. 
Fulmar, Southern. See Priocella glacialoides. 
Gannet, 29. 
Giant Petrel, 17, 24, 38, 91, 98-101, 116 ; distribu- 
tion of varieties, 96 ; flight, 99 ; food, 94; foot- 
marks, 94; nesting habits, 94; variation, 95. 
Great Grey Shearwater, 81-82. 
Great Penguin, 61, 62. 
Grey-headed Albatross, 88, 109, 111, 112, 113-414. 
Gull, Herring, 26. . 
Halobena, 39. 
Halobena cerulea, 104. 
Killer Whale, 17, 38, 40, 56, 99. 
King Penguin, 6, 11, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 
80, 82-86, 41, 60, 61, 111; description of 
rookery, 84; egg of, 29, 80, 34; food, 35; 
method of holding egg and young, 33, 34; 
method of progression, 35 ; moult of young, 34 ; 
voice notes, 34. 
Larus aryentatus, 26. 
Larus dominicanus, 38. 
Leptonychotes weddelli, 66, 73, 100. 
Lesson’s Petrel, 87-88. 
Lestris antarctica, 63. 
Lobodon carcinophagus, 39, 100, 101. 
Majaqueus cegquinoctialis, 86-87. 
McCormick’s Skua, 17, 24, 58, 63, 64-76, 90, 100, 
101; attacking intruders, 70; attacking pen- 
guins, 67; disappearance of young, 72; distri- 
bution, 66; eating snow, 67; egg of, 75; feed- 
ing of young, 71; food, 70, 73; late broods, 
67; moult, 74; nesting habits, 69, 70, 71; 
phases of plumage, 66, 72, 74; sense of smell, 
68 ; thieving tendencies, 69, 73 ; variation, 68 ; 
voice notes, 70. 
Megadyptes, 22, 35, 36, 61. 
Mega:lyptes antipodum, 61, 62. 
Megalestris antarctica, 33, 68-64, 66, 68, 75, 76, 
81, 101, 107 ; egg of, 75 ; young of, 75. 
Megalestris maccormicki, 17, 24, 53, 68, 64-76, 90, 
100, 101; attacking intruders, 70; attacking 
penguins, 67 ; disappearance of young, 72; dis- 
tribution, 66; eating snow, 67; egg of, 75; 
feeding of young, 71; food, 70, 73 ; late broods, 
67; moult, 74; nesting habits, 69, 70, 71; 
phases of plumage, 66, 72, 74; sense of smell, 
68 ; thieving tendencies, 69, 73 ; variation, 68 ; 
voice notes, 70. 
Mutton Bird, 80-81. 
“Nelly.” See Giant Petrel. 
Nesierax aucklandicus, 107. 
Northern Polar animals, 18. 
Numenius arquata, 26. 
Oceanites melanogaster, 76. 
Oceanites oceanicus, 39, 76-79, 83, 99; distribu- 
tion, 77; egg, 78; food, 79; migration, 77, 
78 ; nesting habits, 78. 
Ocydromus scotti, 38. 
Oestrelata lessoni, 87-88. 
Ommatophoca, 39. 
Orca gladiator, 17, 88, 40, 56, 99. 
Ossifraga gigantea, 17, 24, 33, 91, 93-101, 116 ; 
distribution of varieties, 96; flight, 99; food, 
94; nesting habits, 94; variation, 95. 
Pagodroma, 89, 100. 
Payodroma nivea, 18, 38, 83, 88-92, 100, 116; 
enemies, 90; flight, 91; food, 90; measure- 
ments, 89; migration 90; moult, 91; voice, 
notes, 91. 
Pelecanoides exsul, 107-408. 
Pelecanoides garnoti, 108. 
Pelecanoides urinatriz, 107-108. 
Penguins, 1-62, 64, 83, 86, 94; footmarks and 
roadways, 41. 
Petrels, 76-108 ; habit of disgorging, 94, 
