LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



To face p. 



An Jdelie leaping four feet high and ten feet long 66 



Jumping on to slippery ice 68 

 " When they succeeded in pushing one of their 

 number over, all would crane their necks 



over the edge " 70 

 Diving flat into shallow water 72, 74, 76, 78 



Adelies " porpoising" 78 



A perfect dive into deep water 80 



Sea-leopards " hirk beneath the overhanging ledges'" 82 



A sea-leopard's head 84 



A sea-leopard 10ft. 6i in. long 86 



A young sea-leopard on sea-ice 86 

 " With graceful arching of his neck, appeared to 



assure her of his readiness to take charge'''' 88 



" The chicks began to appear'''' 90 



An Adelie being sick 90 



Method of feeding the young 92 



Profile of an Adilie chick 94 



A task becoming impossible 96 



Adelie with chick twelve days old 98 



A couple with their chicks 100 

 Adelie penguins have a strong love of climbing 



for its own sake 102 

 Adelies on the ice-foot 104, 106, 108 



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