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immense size, of what appeared, with the aid of a good glass, to be 
the common Black- Throated penguin. 
1^0 crested penguins of any species were seen by us or by the 
crews of any of the Dundee ships south of the Falklands. But 
Captain Larsen, of the s.s. “ Jasen,” saw on the S. Orkneys a 
rookery of birds which he describes as being intermediate in size 
between the Emperor and Black-Throated penguins, having a yellow 
patch under each eye, and a red supraciliary crest extending back- 
wards on each side to a length of 3 to 4 inches. Captain Larsen is 
an acute and careful observer, and took great interest in the natural 
history of the voyage. He had preserved two specimens of this 
penguin, but both disappeared, and he thought it not unlikely that 
they had found their way into the hands of the crew, in which case 
they may yet be forthcoming. Captain Larsen repeated his descrip- 
tion to me on two occasions in identical terms, and I am left with 
the impression that a new species is probably indicated. 
