PEXGIIXS OF SOUTH GEORG 
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ignominious flight. Sitting birds alone are stolid and fearless, refusing 
to be stampeded e\-en after their eggs have been taken. 
Between the Grace Glacier colony and the .sea there was a snowbank 
about twentx- meters broad, down which I saw king ]>enguins coasting, 
otterlike, during December and Januar\-. 
The voice of an adult king ])enguin is a martial sound, 
bugle call, highly musical and almo.st worthy 
of being known as a tune. When deliver- 
ing the call, the bird stretches grandh' to 
its full height, points its bill sk3-ward, 
and the long \-olley rings forth from an 
expanded che.st. At the close of the effort 
the head is tilted forward with a jerk and 
the bugler stands at attention — a rigid, 
con.strained pose alwa>-s held for several 
moments. The \earling penguin's call is 
a clear whistle of three notes, as soft and 
sweet as the whistle of an oscine bird. 
The actions of "bachelor troops," /. c. birds of both se.xes which 
are neither moltin.g nor incubating, alwa\s furnish entertainment to an 
observer. Such bands frequently come out of the sea during the wanner 
parts of the day to sun themselves on the beaches. The birds sleep 
either prone or upright ; if in the latter ])o.sition, often with the liill 
turned behind the wing, where ages ago the ancestors of iienguins may 
ha\-e had warm co\-erts. They jjreen themselves scrupulously and even 
perform the difficult stunt of balancing on one foot while they scratch 
their heads with the other. Their "regimental" characteristics, such 
as .standing at attention, marking time, and marching in single file or 
in doubles, are very striking. They frequently shake their wings rapidly 
while they walk or stand. Contrary to a statement repeatedly affirmed 
of penguins in general, the king penguin's wing is not a mere flipper, 
immobile except from the shoulder ; on the other hand, it is cajiable of 
con.siderable flexure at both joints, and can readily be doubled into a 
z-shape, a fact which se\-eral of my photographs demonstrate. 
Cuttlefish beaks were the only edible substances found within the 
king penguins" .stomachs. All of the birds collected were ver\- fat, the 
layer under the skin sometimes being two centimeters thick. 
