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Family SPHENISCIDiE. 



Genus APTENODYTES, Forst. 



Aptenodytes patagonica, Forst. 



Aptenodytes patachonica, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. c. fig. 2 



(184&-54). 

 Aptenodytes longirostris, Sharps, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 152 (1879) ; Scl. S; 



Scdv. Zool. ' Challenger' Mxped. ii.pt. viii. p. 122 (1880) ; Scl. t. c. 



p. 151 (1880) ; BuJ-ler, Birds Neto Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 306 (1888). 

 Aptenodyta patagonica, Layard, Ibis, 1867, p. 469 ; Grant, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xxvi. p. 627 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 117 (1899). 



The two eggs of the King Penguin in the Collection are pyriform, 

 and measure 4'35 by 3 and 4-25 by 2'95 respectively. 



1. Marion Island, Indian Ocean. Voy. H.M'.S. ' Challenger.' 



1. New Zealand. Donald Mackintosh, Esq,. [P.]. 



Genus PYGOSCELIS, Wagler. 



Pygoscelis papua {Forst.). 



Aptenodytes papua, Thien. Fortjyflanz. ges. Vog. tab. c. fig. 6 (1845- 



54). 

 Eudyptes papua, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 98 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1860, p. 336. 

 Pygosceles wagleri, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 163. 

 Pygoscelis tseniata, Sharpe, Phil. Trans. 168. p. 154 (1879) ; Saunders, 



t. c. p. 165 (1879) ; Buller, Birds Neio- Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 304 



(1888). 

 Pygosceles tseniatus, Scl. 8r Salv. Zool. ' Challenger ' Fxped. ii. pt. viii. p. 1 24 



(1880) ; Scl. t. c. p. 152 (J 880). 

 Pygoscelis papua, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 631 (1898) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 118 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eock-Hopper Penguin are almost spherical in 

 shape. The smallest example in the Collection measures 1*45 by 

 1-12. Full-sized specimens vary from 2-65 to 2-95 in length and 

 from 2-27 to 2-5 in breadth. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands ( a C.^.). Gould Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands \C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



7. Falkland Islands, Toy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



1. East Falklands. Lieut. A. Smith [P.]. 



1. Kerguelen Island {A. E. Faton). Royal Society [P.]. 



