THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



covered with mire, having been hunted and pecked through 

 the rookery. They were taken to the house, put in a large 

 cage in the porch, and fed by hand with sardines and fish- 

 cakes. The feeding was disagreeable. They didn't Mke 

 the food and shook it out of their bills in disgust. So it 

 was necessary to force it down their throats till it was 

 beyond their reach. 



In a few days they became quite tame and recognised 

 those who fed them. Familiar only with our peculiar 

 method of feeding them, one of them indicated when he 

 was hungry by taking my finger into his bill. We short- 

 ened their names to Nebby and Nicky, and they answered 

 to them, but they answered equally readily to the common 

 name of Bill. The sounds of the rookery reached them 

 and sometimes greatly excited them, and they made des- 

 perate efF orts to get through the netting of their cage. At 

 these times we would take them out for a walk. They 

 made no attempt to go to the rookery, and were rather 

 frightened. 



Nebuchadnezzar was a very friendly little fellow, and 

 would follow me about outside, and come running when 

 called. The feeding was unnatural, and for this reason 

 doubtless in a few weeks they died. 



The Ringed Penguin 



A single ringed penguin appeared at Cape Royds at 

 the end of the breeding-season, just as the Adelies were 

 beginning to moult. No ringed penguin had been seen 

 in this part of the Antarctic before. It was evidently a 

 stray one which had come ashore to moult. It is about 

 the same size as the Adelie, but is more agile. It was at 

 the season when the young Adelies go off to sea. At a 

 little distance the ringed penguin, among a crowd of old 



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