Eastern rockhopper penguin on the sub-Antarctic islands of the Indo-Pacific Ocean: Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Campbell, Auckland, and the Antipodes Islands. Eastern rockhopper penguin The eastern rockhopper penguin ("Eudyptes chrysocome filholi") although genetically different is still often considered a subspecies of the southern rockhopper penguin. This species of penguin is also known to be one of the smallest species of penguins they are approximately 45–55 cm in length, and weighing 2.2–4.3 kg. The adult eastern rockhopper penguins feed on small fish, octopus, squid, and krill-like crustaceans. The rockhopper penguin "Eudyptes chrysocome" is sometimes considered two species, northern and southern rockhopper penguin,
A Bird came down the Walk other evil forces.Then the narrator offers the bird a piece of crumb,but the bird neglects it and then it flies away. Helen Vendler regards the poem as a "bizarre little narrative" but one that typifies many of Dickinson's best qualities. She likens the poet to a reporter observing a murderer in the act, and later, pretending fear that the murderer may be dangerous to herself and must be mollified by a "crumb". The bird takes flight and Vendler regards what follows - the description of the bird in flight - as "the astonishing part of the poem". Vendler notes that