PKNQUINS. 



PENTACT.tt. 



Hi 



JkAoMMw (Briatoo). Bill compressed, airtight, irregularly furrowJ 

 at UM baa* ; cod of the upper inuidibla booked, that of the lower 

 Dated ; nostrils median and exposed. Wing* improper 



(Aftfnodjftrt Jemerta, Qmelln). Bill and feet bUok; 

 with jrellowuh traniverto band nor the apex ; eyebrows 

 and pectoral band white ; body above black or bUck-ipeokled ; white 



TWs bird is found in the South Seas Atlantic and Antarctic ; and 

 in great abundance at tlie Falkland lalanda and Cape of Uood Hope, 





Sfkniitnu itmtnut, 



Kodyfttt, VieUlot (CatarrkaOet, Brisson). Bill straight at the baae, 

 oompnaued, furrowed obliquely, pointed, rounded above, upper man- 

 dible booked, lower mandible rounded or truncated at the point ; a 



furrow originate! from the nostril, and terminates at the lower third 

 of the border. Wings reduced to rudiments, improper for flight 



E. cHrytocomt (Aftatodylet chrytocome, Gmelin), the Crested Pen- 

 guin of Latham, Manchot Sauteur of Bougainville and liuffon. BUI 

 redtlish-brown ; frontal crest, consisting of very narrow loose feathers, 

 black and erectile ; auricular band deflected, sulphureous. Body, 

 above bluish-block, below velvety-white; wings black above, white 

 below ; feet yellowish. 



M. Lesson ha* given a good account of its habits, as well as of those 

 of others of the species, in the ' Zoologie de la Coquille.' He states 

 that it lives in all the seas of the southern hemisphere, far from the 

 land ; for he killed individuals in 43 8' S8" 8. lat, 66 56' 49" 

 \V. long., voyaging in couples, doubtless male and female. 



Apteiuxlyta (Forster). Bill longer than the head, slender, straight, 

 bent at the point ; both mandibles equally pointed, rather obtuse ; 

 the upper mandible furrowed throughout its length ; the lower man- 

 dible largest at the base, and covered with a naked smooth skin; 

 nostrils linear, hidden by the frontal feathers. Feet short and stout ; 

 toes directed forwards ; great toe very short Wings featherless, 

 reduced to rudiments or winglets covered with hairy feathers. 



A. Paiackonica. Lower half of the deuii-bill red ; head and throat 

 covered with very black feathers ; a yellow orange band, widest towards 

 the occiput, occupies each side, to unite upon the breast, and separate 

 the black of the throat from the gray-ash which covers the back ; the 

 feathers of the belly have the whiteness and lustre of satin, and a 

 yellow tint more and more deepened mingles in it towards the upper 

 port of the breast ; two bands of deep block occupy the sides ; toes 

 strong and robust ; wings more elongated than iu the other penguins. 

 Height, when erect, upwards of three feet. 



It is found in the southern hemisphere in high latitudes, Strait 

 of Hagalhaeua, Falkland Islands, Antarctic Islands, Ac. Weddell 

 (' Voyage to the South Polo ') gives a highly interesting account of 

 the habits of this species. 



Aptrnodytft Patachonica. 



The type of the genus Pyyoieelit of Wagler is Aptenodylti Papua 

 at Omclin, an inhabitant of Papua, or New Guinea, among other 

 localities. 



PENICILLUM. [MODLDISESS.] 



PENICILLU8 (Ltnnecui), a name for some forms of Corallines. 

 < loHAU.iMACKJt.] It is now applied to a genus of C'onfervacetr. 



I'KNNATULA. [Poi.vnn.itA.] 



I'KNNATULARIA. [POLYHFEIIA.] 



PENNINE, a Mineral belonging to the 1 1 yd p. us Silicate of Mag- 

 nesia series. It is near Chlorite, and occurs iu hexagonal tables. It 

 is found in the Pennine Alps. 



PENNY-CHESS. [Tiii-ASFi] 



PENNYROYAL. TMr.sTHA.) 



PEN XYWOHT. [HTDHOCOTH.K.] 



PENTACKINUS. [EncBiNiTBS.J 



PENTACT.*, a sub-family of Ifnlothnriada, a family of Echino- 

 ilermala. [HoLOTUl'niAI). ; Ec'HlNODERMATA.] It includes the genera 

 I'mlintu, Curumaria, and Ocnut. 



Piolinut (Forbes) has an irregular ovate body, arcuated with five 

 rows of dintant suckers, those below always bent; tentacula ten; 

 dental apparatus short, truncate ; no gizzard. 



