238 BACKBONED ANIMALS. 
and a half feet, colored dark above, the breast white, a 
black patch in front being surrounded by two narrow 
bands of bright orange-yellow. They congregate in bands, 
and from a distance appear like soldiers marching upon 
the sands. On Marion and other islands they breed 
in vast numbers, living in well-organized communities.* 
Fic. 278.—Albatrosses and penguins. 
* The cities or rookeries of the king-penguin are extremely inter- 
esting. They are generally upon flat ground, and divided by mound- 
like ridges into two irregular portions. In the lirger stand the old 
birds, their beaks pointing upward, not outward, as generally figured in 
books. The smaller area is the nursery, and in it, crowded together, 
are the young, and breeding pairs, that are exceedingly ferocious, fiercely 
attacking young intruding males, and sometimes killing them. The 
young are curious-looking creatures, covered partly with down and 
feathers, giving them a grotesque appearance. The breeders carry the 
single egg about with them in a pouch between the legs for seven 
