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spot, but inhabits the Falkland Isles, Yan Diemen's Land, and some parts of the shores 

 of ]\'ew Holland. In the water they surmount any obstacle as they swim about — leaping 

 o\cr it as a tish does, out of the water — a feat which thcj^ perform with the utmost ease. 

 Nor is it always to clear any impediment in their course that these leaps are taken, but 

 often apparently from mere playfulness, or in order to quicken their progress. 



This species seems to have a greater air of liveliness in its countenance than almost 

 any of the other penguins. Yet it has no remarkable sagacity, as it is so regardless of 

 its own safety that it will suffer any person to lay hold of it. When provoked, it erects 

 its crest in a very beautiful manner ; and when attacked by some of our voyagers, it ran 

 at them in flocks, pecked their legs, and spoiled their clothes. The sleep of these 

 birds is very profound, and they are exceedingly tenacious of life. They f.Tm their nests 

 among those of the other large sea-fowls, making holes in the earth with their bills, and 

 throwing back the dirt with their feet. They are often foimd in great numbers on the 

 shores where they have been bred. The female generally lays only a single egg; 



