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Gentoo Penguin {Fygoscehs />ajua). Pages 10-15, The Gentoo 
Penguin builds in large rookeries, either on land in grass and diddle- 
dee, or on sand beaches where the nests are made of stones and 
hones, twigs of the diddle-dee and scraps of kelp. Unlike the 
Jackass Penguins (page 16) the Gentoos do not all migrate in the 
winter, though they are seen in smaller numbers then than in the 
summer months. When approached they generally run down to 
the sea, leaving their nests, with the little ones huddled up together, 
to take care ot themselves. The adult birds are blue-black on the 
hack, neck and throat, otherwise while, with a small white patch 
above apd behind the eye. They look most comical when scurrying 
over the giound and sometimes trip on the soft peaty soil, a disaster 
that befell the gentleman on page 15, to the detriment of his beautiful 
snow-white waistcoat. 
Jackass Penguin {Spheniscus magcllanicus). Page 16. The 
Jackass Penguin breeds in many different parts of the islands. The 
birds return from their winter absence about the third week in 
September, and from that date to the middle of April, when they 
leave, one can hear their melancholy bray (from which they take 
their name of Jackass) on any calm night, sounding from the small 
tussac islands and shores where they make their underground homes. 
These burrows are usually close to the beach, and vary in depth 
according to the locality. In some the sitting birds are close to the 
entrance, while in others they are far back, only just visible twisting 
their heads quickly from side to side. They lay two eggs in October, 
these do not remain white very long but get stained and dirty, as the 
Jackasses are not over particular about having their homes well 
drained and do not possess doormats. They scramble in and out 
over the soft ground in all weathers, and often a driving rain makes 
their honre a muddy swamp. They walk about in couples on the 
beach, but are shy, and hurry into the sea if surprised when too far 
from their burrows to take refuge in them. For this reason a 
photograph of a living specimen is hard to get. 
King Penguin (Afitcnodytes fiatngonica). Pages 17-19. The 
King Penguin is second in size only to the Emperor Penguin, and is 
a rare bird in the Falkland Islands. A few specimens have at 
different times been kept in captivity as pets, those shown on pages 
17-19 being of this number. Standing side by side they make a very 
handsome couple with their brilliant purple, gold and dark-green 
plumage about the head and neck, grey backs and white breasts. 
The writer has only heard of one nest having been found in the 
islands in recent years. 
Loggerhead Duck (Tachyens cintreus). Pages 20, at. The 
Loggerhead or Steamer Duck is “a common object of the sea-shore. " 
The nest may be found any time from the middle of September to 
well on in December. 1 he usual number of eggs is from six to eight, 
but sometimes the duck will sit on four, and families of ten or eleven 
are seen occasionally. The drake, easily distinguishable by his 
brilliant orange bill, is usually on guard while the duck is sitting. 
He_ swims backwards and forwards in the sea opposite the nest, 
giving the well-known bull-frog cry of alarm on seeing an intruder. 
The nest is either built in the dry kelp, just above high-water mark, 
sheltered by a cliff (as on page 20) in a hole similar to that of a 
