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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  KING 
  PENGUINS 
  TAKING 
  TO 
  THE 
  WATER 
  

   These 
  birds 
  have 
  a 
  terrible 
  aquatic 
  enemy 
  in 
  the 
  sea-leopard, 
  a 
  large 
  flesh-eating 
  seal. 
  

  

  parted 
  and 
  throats 
  and 
  mandibles 
  trem- 
  

   bling 
  violently, 
  just 
  as 
  when 
  one's 
  teeth 
  

   chatter. 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  unmistakable 
  demon- 
  

   stration 
  of 
  extreme 
  solicitude. 
  A 
  few 
  

   days 
  later 
  the 
  nestlings 
  were 
  beginning 
  to 
  

   sprout 
  their 
  dusky 
  down, 
  and 
  horribly 
  

   ugly 
  little 
  monsters 
  they 
  were, 
  with 
  black 
  

   bodies, 
  pink 
  throats, 
  blue 
  bills, 
  and 
  Hot- 
  

   tentot 
  tufts 
  all 
  over 
  their 
  turtlish 
  forms. 
  

   Exactly 
  49 
  days 
  after 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  hatch- 
  

   ing 
  they 
  flew 
  from 
  the 
  nest 
  and 
  began 
  to 
  

   catch 
  fish 
  for 
  themselves. 
  

  

  TWO 
  TRIBES 
  OE 
  PENGUINS 
  ON 
  SOUTH 
  

   GEORGIA 
  

  

  Two 
  species 
  of 
  penguins 
  are 
  still 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  at 
  South 
  Georgia, 
  although 
  in 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  fjords 
  their 
  numbers 
  have 
  been 
  

   greatly 
  reduced 
  through 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  

   whalers 
  and 
  sealers, 
  who 
  collect 
  their 
  

   eggs 
  for 
  eating. 
  

  

  The 
  nobler 
  tribe 
  of 
  penguins, 
  the 
  

   "kings" 
  (Aptcnodytcs 
  patachonica) 
  , 
  

   form 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  hereditary 
  aristocracy. 
  

   They 
  are 
  stalwart 
  birds 
  which 
  stand 
  a 
  

   yard 
  high. 
  They 
  wear 
  a 
  gold 
  collar 
  

   round 
  their 
  necks, 
  and 
  deport 
  themselves 
  

   in 
  a 
  rather 
  lofty 
  and 
  snobbish 
  manner. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  lesser 
  tribe, 
  called 
  

   "Johnnies" 
  (Pygoscelis 
  pctpua) 
  , 
  are 
  

   characterized 
  by 
  short, 
  roly-poly 
  figures, 
  

   and 
  temperaments 
  which 
  include 
  many 
  

   attributes 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  boy, 
  among 
  them 
  

   inquisitiveness, 
  good 
  nature, 
  and 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  degree 
  of 
  quarrelsomeness. 
  The 
  two 
  

   species 
  follow 
  the 
  same 
  vocation 
  and 
  

   dwell 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  territory, 
  yet 
  their 
  so- 
  

   ciety 
  is 
  inviolably 
  distinct. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  December 
  of 
  Antarctic 
  spring- 
  

   time, 
  when 
  the 
  Daisy 
  dropped 
  anchor 
  in 
  

   the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Isles, 
  the 
  Johnny 
  penguins 
  

   were 
  the 
  first 
  creatures 
  to 
  greet 
  us 
  on 
  

   the 
  strand. 
  We 
  had 
  met 
  them 
  before 
  in 
  

   the 
  wide 
  sea 
  some 
  hundreds 
  of 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  South 
  Georgia 
  ; 
  but 
  how 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  seemed 
  the 
  slippery, 
  reptilian 
  beings, 
  

   which 
  had 
  thrust 
  their 
  heads 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

   dark 
  Atlantic 
  with 
  a 
  braying 
  cry, 
  from 
  

   these 
  warm, 
  plump 
  little 
  citizens 
  which 
  

   trudged 
  toward 
  us 
  along 
  the 
  beach, 
  hesi- 
  

   tating 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  between 
  curiosity 
  

   and 
  fear. 
  

  

  The 
  Johnny 
  penguins 
  build 
  bulky 
  nests 
  

   of 
  stones 
  and 
  vegetable 
  debris 
  and 
  lay 
  

   two 
  nearly 
  spherical 
  eggs. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   usually 
  hatch 
  several 
  days 
  apart, 
  one 
  

  

  