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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



© Herbert G. Pouting 



"bless you, my children": a penguin and her chicks 



"Funny little creatures, half fish, half bird, and fairly human in their curiosity and comic 

 actions'* (see text, page 647). When a brooding penguin is driven from her nestlings she 

 lingers near by, trumpeting loudly until the disturbance is over ; then she returns and, stooping 

 down, anxiously examines her treasures minutely, like a nearsighted person. 



