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moment. The young, which are hatched in about six weeks, are curious-looking little things covered 
with black down. There seems to be little doubt that Penguins properly belong to the sea, which 
they inhabit within moderate distance of the shore, and they only come to the land to breed and moult 
and for the young to develop sufficiently to become independent. But all this takes so long that the 
birds are practically the greater part of their time about the shore. We have seen no reason as 
yet to question the old notion that their presence is an indication that land is not far off.’ 
Mr. Howard Saunders writes: — “Two eggs ascribed to this species differ considerably in size, the 
larger measuring 2‘7 inches by 2, the other 2'4 inches by 1'65. The colour is very pale blue, with a 
white calcareous coating irregularly disposed over the surface. In shape they are somewhat pointed 
at one end.” An egg of this Penguin from Campbell Island is very broadly ovoid, or inclining to 
spheroid, and measures 2‘75 inches in length by 2'25 in breadth ; white, with a greenish tinge (which 
is absent in some), and much smeared over with chalky matter. Another which I measured was a 
quarter of an inch shorter and proportionately less in size, with a creamy white shell having a roughened 
chalky surface. 
Penguins at Home. (See p. 288.) 
