THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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The Crested Gorfou, or Crested Penguin (. Eudypes chrysocoma) , is found 
in Patagonia, where its loud, continuous cry and gilded crest make it quite 
sure of attracting attention. Like the other members of the penguin family, 
it uses its wings not for flight, but for accelerating its movements when running 
(in which case they are used like fore legs), and for oars when in the water. 
It has the habits of its family, which are very curious and well worth attention. 
These birds are gregarious, and the flocks contain seemingly innumerable indi¬ 
viduals, reaching quite often forty or fifty thousand. When not in the water, 
they subject themselves to the strictest martial law, and are told off into corps, 
battalions, regiments, companies, and squads. The young, those that are moult¬ 
ing, the setting birds, and of every other condition are required to remain with 
their own kind, and confine themselves to prescribed bounds. The eggs are 
carried, until hatched, between 
the thighs of the hen, but the 
hen does not exert herself 
seeking food, for her husband 
is at once devoted and a regu¬ 
lar and bountiful “ provider.” 
There is but one young one 
in a brood, and as soon as it 
can stand upon its own feet 
the hen joins her husband in 
going to market, and the young 
always take their food by insert¬ 
ing their bill into those of their 
parents. The eccentricity of 
th e gorfou's crest, in which each 
particular hair takes a differ¬ 
ent direction, suggests the 
tousled locks of Meg Merriles. 
In making its arrangements 
inland, each gorfou is assigned 
its own square in the regularly 
laid out encampment, and these 
penguins , sitting bolt upright, 
produce the impression of an 
assemblage of Indian huts. city of the crested gorfou. 
The crested gorfou is in size 
about as large as a duck, and bears some general resemblance to a trained 
duck practising its antics. 
The Arctic Parrot, Crab Diver, or Guillemot ( Uria troile ), can walk, fly, 
swim and dive. The most singular fact in its history is its laying its eggs on 
the ledges of the sheerest precipices where one would imagine that they would 
be constantly exposed to destruction from the high winds. The black of its bill 
runs in a band over the head and, with the exception of the white tips of the 
wings, prevails upon the upper parts. The bird generally is snowy white, 
except for a collaret of brownish-gray, and dark gray colorings on the abdomen 
just below the wings, and again from the feet to the tail. The wing coverts 
are also of a dark color, sometimes black. 
