. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. Illi I'll I; If iiti. up in wliito jiprons, from their wliito bcllicH coiitrast- in' with their i)lu(> l)a('l\S. Tlio presence of these birds is (h'scribed as greatly increasing the; (heary character of tliesc desohito regions; their }x;rfect indifference to niiin conveying an abnost awful im- pression of tluMr loneliness. The intrusion of sea- men even into the very midst of them causes no alarm, no resistance is ofYercd, no escape is attempted ; the birds immcMliatel
. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. Illi I'll I; If iiti. up in wliito jiprons, from their wliito bcllicH coiitrast- in' with their i)lu(> l)a('l\S. Tlio presence of these birds is (h'scribed as greatly increasing the; (heary character of tliesc desohito regions; their }x;rfect indifference to niiin conveying an abnost awful im- pression of tluMr loneliness. The intrusion of sea- men even into the very midst of them causes no alarm, no resistance is ofYercd, no escape is attempted ; the birds immcMliately gaze around with a sidelong glance at the visitors, but they move not from their eggs, standing quietly while their companions are one by one knocked on the head, and waiting witli- out dread till their own turn comes. We can scarcely form an ade(|uate idea of one of these camps or towns, as they have been appropriately called. A space of ground, covering three or four acres, is laid out and levelled, and then divided into squares for the nests, as accurately as if done by a surveyor : between these comj^artments they march and coun- termarch with an order and regularity that remind one of soldiers on parade. But what shall we say to a colony of these birds, the King Penguin (Apteiio- dytes pataclionica), which was seen by Mr. G. Ben- nett, on Macquarie Island ? It covered thirty or forty acres ; and though no conjecture could possibly be formed of the number of birds composing the town, yet some notion of its amazing amount may be given from the fact, that during the whole day and night 30,000 or 40,000 are continually landing, and as many going to sea. There are three principal species, which inhabit the southern portion of the globe, which bear great resemblance to each other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resembl
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