BROOKLYN' IXSTITl'TE ^ruSErJI. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 
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the two ioarsc--Jla 
C()iis]iicuous statements of ddiilitful wmth in the ninth \()hnne of thi 
Caii/l>ri(/o<- Xaiin-a/ I/n/oiy. London, lo.jg. In this i;eneral treatise oi 
"Birds," pages 54 to 59 are devoted to the order S]iheniscil'ornies 
From this section I quote the following statements, with eonunents 
The italics, where\-er thev appear, are mine. 
les have highly compressed bones 
zcit/i no pLWcr of flexure r Dis- 
regarding the absurdity of this 
clause, I have sh,.wn aliove that 
its meaning is not true. 
J. — " the tiingue [i,s] often 
rudimentarv." Xo reference is 
made to the well-developed 
tongue, highly conspicuous and 
interesting because of its cover- 
ing of spines, which is found in 
man\-, jirohably most, species. 
•</ eggs. ' ' Penguin eggs number 
one, two, or three, according to the species. Tho.se of all the 
Antarctic penguins have been described as delicious eating, or if 
criticized, it has been upon the ground that they are slightly 
" insipid." The eggs of the king and johnny penguins have a less 
pronounced taste than a fresh-laid hen's egg, and consequently 
require more salt. The one objection to them lies in their ap- 
pearance, for the alliunien does not coagulate readily, and, as von 
Steinen remarks, a Ixiiled penguin egg resembles a jelh-fish. 
4. — " incul)ation, which lasts about six weeks." I'or 
lienguins of the genus J'ygoscclis this period has been determined as 
from thirty-one to thirty-seven days. The emperor i)engnin is 
believed to incubate two months, or thereabouts. 
5. — " the parents sit ver>- closeK and feed the blind yoinio for 
an exceiitionall_\- long period, h\ imciiiiiii t/nii hi// in //i,i/ 0/ l\\t: 
nestling." The x'ouiig of Pvgoscc/is papua, and presumal)h- of its 
near relations, hatch bright-eyed from the shell. The \oung of 
onl\ the . l/>/i//oi/v/fs ])enguins are fed as long as tho.se of the 
wandering albatross, for instance ; and, as for inserting the l>ill, it 
is done not b\ the ]iarcnt penguins but b\ the chicks, whose heads 
disapi)ear within the irnllets of the adults. 
