. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. This pet bird of the Brazilians (who ca]l it PavaoSun Bittern —^^^^^ ^^ Peacock) is about sixteen SCLATBES PENGUIN. or be found on the title pageof Volume II of The Living-Animals of the Penguin, the speci-men photographed, must also,alas! be included among thelate lamenteds. It had asuperciliary streak of goldenyellow, which developed intoan erectile crest on eachside of the head; but thisstreak, instead of commencingin a line with the nostrils, asin some other species, sprungfrom the base of t
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. This pet bird of the Brazilians (who ca]l it PavaoSun Bittern —^^^^^ ^^ Peacock) is about sixteen SCLATBES PENGUIN. or be found on the title pageof Volume II of The Living-Animals of the Penguin, the speci-men photographed, must also,alas! be included among thelate lamenteds. It had asuperciliary streak of goldenyellow, which developed intoan erectile crest on eachside of the head; but thisstreak, instead of commencingin a line with the nostrils, asin some other species, sprungfrom the base of the uppermandible immediately abovethe angle of the mouth. L. Sclater, in writing to Sir Walter Buller,, called that gentlemans attention tothe fact that this bird, just received fromthe Auckland Islands, seems quite distinctfrom the New Zealand species. This facthaving been proved by the above authorities,it became necessary to select a distinctive namefor this penguin, and Sir Walter accordinglydescribed this species, in his Birds of NewZealand, as Eudyptes sclateri. The heavydeath-roll among the penguins leaves a biggap in the Societys collection. The entirefamily of these curious
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