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Birds of Kerguelen Island. 
drive them into a corner by pecking. This made an ex¬ 
cellent photograph. 
Stage b. When in close down, about half-grown, the 
young is brownish black on the back, throat, under tail- 
coverts, and head; from the lower throat to the vent cream- 
white, deepening in the abdominal region ; bill black, 
except the sides of the distal ends of the mandibles, which 
are greenish yellow; legs and feet chalky white in front, 
except the webs between the middle and outer toes, which 
are dark, blackish brown behind ; nails dark horn-colour. 
A third stage, which I observed in this rookery, corre¬ 
sponds with E. chrysocome, and perhaps belongs to the 
latter. There were several examples, and I feel inclined to 
consider it an intermediate stage; but among all the speci¬ 
mens seen I could not find connecting links to thoroughly 
satisfy myself on this point. I was rather surprised to find, 
as early as January 2nd, one of this stage among 160 full- 
grown E. chrysocome in the rookery at Murray Island. 
Why was it there by itself, among birds sitting on eggs ? 
While preparing the skin of this bird (a male), I found 
it was not fatty like an adult Penguin. 
Aptenodytes pennanti Gray. 
Aptenodytes patagonica, Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p 6:27. 
King-Penguins were met with by us in all the harbours we 
visited, and I noted them singly or in companies of about 
six to nine birds. Upon the open coast our field-glasses 
showed great numbers in association. In the early part 
of January they had either concluded their moult or were 
undergoing it. One I saw was standing against a prominent 
rock, quite a mile apart from any others, and inland 200 
yards from the head of a fjord, some six miles from the 
entrance. Feathers were strewn thickly about, and its flanks 
were bare. It objected to move on by order of a stranger, 
and needed pushing before it would shift its position. This 
is usually so when the bird is solitary, or if it moves it 
does so sluggishly; but birds in company are more active 
and shy, and will run w r ell if driven when disturbed; the 
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