pushes it in, and this is repeated until it takes to the sea of its own accord." Captain Fitzroy tells us

that in the breeding-places of the King Penguins he has been much amused to see the old bird get on a little eminence and make a great noise between quacking and braying, holding its head up in the air as if it were haranguing the penguinnery, while the young one stands close to it, but a little lower, the old bird having continued its chatter for about a minute, puts its head down, and opens its mouth widely, into which the young one thrusts its head, and then appears to suck from the throat of the mother for a minute or two, after which the chatter is again repeated, and the young one again fed. This performance continues for about ten minutes.

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THE GOLDEN OR CRESTED PENGUIN (Chrysocome catarractes). ONE-FOURTH NATURAL SIZE.

The TRUE PENGUINS (Spheniscus) constitute a section of the above birds distinguishable by having the beak shorter than the head, straight, compressed, thick, hard, and irregularly furrowed; the margins are drawn in, and the base of the lower mandible feathered.

THE SPECTACLED OR CAPE PENGUIN.

The Spectacled or Cape Penguin (Spheniscus demersus, or Aptenodytes demersus), the best-known