LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



To face p. 



Part of the line of approaching birds, several miles 



in length 

 Arriving at the rookery 

 Adilies arriving 



A cock ca/rrying a stone to his nest 

 Several interesting things are taking place here 

 Three cocks in rivalry 

 Two of the cocks squaring up for battle 

 Hard at it 

 The end of the battle 

 The proposal 

 Cocks fighting f(yr hens 

 Penguin on nest 



Showing the position of the two eggs 

 An Adelie in " ecstatic " attitude 

 Floods 

 Flooded 



A nest with stones of mixed sizes 



" Hour after hour . . . they fought again and again " 

 A nest on a rock 



" One after another, the rest of the party followed him " 

 A joy ride 



A knot of penguins on the ice-foot 

 An Adelie leaping from the water 

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 32, 34. 

 36 

 36 

 38 

 40 

 40 

 4S 

 42 

 44 

 46, 48 

 48 

 50 

 50 

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 62 

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