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accepted as the l)ook vernacular for /yiiosaiis papi/a. “ Pa])Uaii ” 
])en»'uin, which has been sometimes used, is j^rossh' misleadinj^, while 
“ ^entoo ” is a term of Ivast ludiaii origin, first em])lo\’ed h\' Kuro])eans 
as synoiiomous with Hindu. " Johnny ” is the sea name, of old .stand- 
ing and wide distribution, a genuine vernacular. It carries an a])])i'o])- 
riate connotation of roly-]>oly small-boyishness ; it is a name which fits 
the bird. 
Measurements in millimeters of ten si)ecimens of /yooscclis papua 
are as follows : 
Collected 
Bill from 
Bill from 
Wing from 
IMar. 12, 1913 
nasal 
Tail 
I'oot 
gape 
feathers 
axilla 
R. C. M. 1934 A youiiy 
68 
35 
225 
1 20 
128 
1 936 A ad. 
72 
4' 
242 
140 
■43 
19376^ 
75 
36 
236 
109 
126 
1 938 A ad. 
«5 
45 
234 
140 
'37 
19396^ ad. 
73 
39 
236 
J32 
129 
1940 A ad. 
82 
39 
241 
29 
( new) 
'3' 
1941 A ad. 
78 
40 
238 
144 
128 
1932 9 ad. 
77 
39 
237 
12 i 
( new) 
129 
1933 9 ad. 
75 
40 
231 
132 
'33 
1935 9 young 
62 
30 
220 
1 12 
"7 
In several examples collected or observed the white s]wts of the head 
were not joined by a band across the forehead. 
The pu])il of the eye in this .species is rhombic when contracted. 
The eggs are rounded or subs|)herical, greenish-white in color. In 
a .series of eighteen, the measurements show no variation which is not 
comimi.sed within the dimen.sions of one of the following four exaupdes ; 
74 X 57 (longe.st) : 62 x 54 (.smalle.st) ; 65 x 57 (neare.st to spherical) : 
73 59 (large.st). In a ty])ical .set, the two eggs measure 70 x 59 and 
72 X 60. A “runt ’’ collected on December 16, measured only 46 x 47 
mm. .Such eggs are a jiroduct of reiterated laying. X’on den .Steinen 
found that the average weight of a .series of eggs taken at Ko\ al bay was 
D37 grams. 
Pygoscelis antarctica (I'orstcr). 
/yooscr/is aii/aniica Cat. H. P>rit. Mils., XX\'I, ]). 634. 
In com])an\' with one of the oflicers of the /hnsy 1 made a toot 
journey over the mountain pas.s from Pos.se.ssion bay to Antarctic bay on 
