PENGUIN'S OF SOUTH GEORGIA. 
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accepted as the book \-ernacular for Pygosaiis papua. "Papuan" 
])engiiin, which lias been sometimes used, is grossly misleading, while 
" gentoo " is a term of East Indian origin, first employed by Europeans 
as synonomous with Hindu. " Johnny " is the .sea name, of old .stand- 
ing and wide distribution, a genuine vernacular. It carries an appro]i- 
riate connotation of rol\--])ol\' small-bo>ishne.ss : it is a name which fits 
the bird. 
Measurements in millimeters of ten specimens of Pygoscclis papua 
are as follows : 
Collected 
Mar. 12, 1913 
Bill from 
gape 
Bill from 
na.sal 
feathers 
Wing from 
axilla 
Tail 
Foul 
R. CM. 1934 rj^ young 
68 
35 
225 
120 
128 
1956 cT ad. 
72 
4. 
242 
140 
143 
1937 J' ad. 
75 
36 
236 
109 
126 
193SCJ ad. 
.Sj 
45 
234 
140 
137 
1939 d" ad. 
73 
39 
236 
132 
129 
1940 cf' ad. 
82 
39 
241 
(new) 
'3' 
I94ic?ad. 
78 
4u 
238 
14-4 
1 28 
1932 9 ad. 
77 
39 ! 
237 
129 
1933 'i ad. 
7,=; 
40 
231 
132 
133 
1935 ? young 
62 
3" 
22t) 
112 
1 17 
In several exam]iles collected or obser\-ed the white sjiots of the head 
were not joined b}- a band across the forehead. 
The pupil of the eye in this s]iecies is rhombic when contracted. 
The eggs are rounded or subspherical, greenish-white in color. In 
a series of eighteen, the measurements show no variation which is not 
comprised within the dimensions of one of the following four exami)les ; 
74 X 57 (longest) ; 62 x 54 (.smallest) ; 65 x 57 (nearest to spherical) : 
73 X 59 (largest). In a t>'pical set, the two eggs measure 70 x 59 and 
72 X 60. A "runt " collected on December 16, measured only 46 x 47 
nun. Such eggs are a jiroduct of reiterated laying. Von den Steinen 
fniuid that the average weight of a series of eggs taken at Royal Ba\- was 
137 grams. 
Pygoscelis antarctica 1 lorster). 
/'Xoosa-/is itii/air/uci Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXXT, p. 634. 
In coni])any with one of the officers of the /\iisr I made a foot 
journey over the motnitain ]iass from Posse.ssion Bay to Antarctic Ba>- on 
