BIRDS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN SOUTH POLAR QUADRANT. 
To recapitulate the life history of this Penguin, it appears that in January 
the birds begin to arrive at the island and continue to arrive till the end of 
March. The moult of the adult is in progress throughout February and March, 
each bird spending the three weeks necessary for the process on shore, fasting. 
From March to September presumably the buds remain at sea. In Septem¬ 
ber they come again to land in numbers and prepare to nest. In September 
or October a single egg is laid in each nest, and the young are hatched out 
at the end of November. These remain on shore from December to the 
end of February, when, having shed their downy plumage, they take to 
the water and leave the coast clear for the moulting adults. 
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