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The birds of this genus inhabit the South Seas, from the equator to the antarctic cir- 

 cle, and are analogous to those of the preceding in food and habits. They are for- 

 tified against cold by an abundance of fat ; they swim very swiftly ; and on land 

 they cackle like geese, but in a hoarser tone. 



S. demersus, Tern. Cape Penguin. Bill and legs black ; eyebrows 

 white ; pectoral band black ; plumage black above, white beneath. 

 21 inches long. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Shaw, xiii. pi. 9. 



S. minor. Tern. Little Penguin. Bill of the same conformation 

 as the preceding, with the upper mandibles blackish, and the in- 

 ner blue at the base ; plumage above ash-blue, and dusky-brown 

 at the origin of the feathers ; the under parts white. 14 inches 

 long. Inhabits New Zealand. Shaw, xiii. 61. 



S. chrysocome, Tern. Crested Penguin. Bill red, brown, three 

 inches long ; upper mandible curved at the end, the lower ob- 

 tuse ; an erect, frontal, and reflexed auricular crest of a sulphur 

 colour ; head, neck, back, sides, and wings black ; legs yellowish. 



2 feet long. Inhabits Falkland Islands. Shaw, xiii. pi. 8. 



Gen. 25. APTENODYTES, Forster. 



Bill longer than the head, slender, straight, inflected at the tip ; 

 upper mandible furrowed throughout its length, the under 

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

 nostrils in the upper part of the bill, concealed by the fea- 

 thers of tbe forehead ; legs very short, thick, placed very far 

 behind ; four toes directed forwards, three of which are web- 

 bed, and the fourth very short ; wings incapable of flight. 



A. Palachonica, Lath. (Eudyptes, Vieill.) Patagonian Penguin. 

 Bill and legs black ; ears with a golden spot ; lower mandible 

 tawny at the base ; irides hazel ; head and hind part of the neck 

 brown ; back dark-blue ; breast, belly, and vent white. 4 feet 



3 inches long. Inhabits South Sea Islands Shaw, xiii. pi. 7- 



The A. Chilocnsis., is the only other known species. 



ORDER XVI. INERTES. 



Bill of different forms ; body probably thick, covered with down 

 and feathers with distant webs ; legs placed much behind ; 

 tarsus short ; three toes before, divided to the base ; hind toe 

 short, articulated exteriorly ; claws thick and sharp ; wings 

 improper for flight. 



Temminck places in this order two genera of little known birds, which are con- 

 nected in some respects with the Sphenisci and Aptenodytes, though their divided toes 

 approach them to the Cursores. 



Gen. 1. APTERYX, Shaw. 



Bill very long, straight, subulate, soft, furrowed in all its length, 

 inflected and gibbous at the point ; base covered by a cere 



