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But nor Coly(5°) nor Umbre(^*) would daringly brave 

 The breeze of the west, and Atlantic's high wave. 

 Nor could come from the south, with his rudiment wing, 

 The PiNGUiN (5') unwieldy, to honour the king. 



as food. They are inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 Senegal, and India. These birds are called at the Cape, Mouse 

 Birds, from their soft plumage and their frequently creeping 

 about the roots of trees. The Leuconotus, or White-backed- 

 CoLY, is twelve inches long; its general plumage bluish-ash; 

 eggs five or six, rose-coloured ; inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 

 (5^) Order, Grall^, (Lath.) Umbre. 

 The genus Scopus, (Lath.) or Umbre, consists of one species 

 only, the Umhretta, or Tufted-Umbre; it has a long, thick, 

 compressed bill, a little hooked ; nostrils linear, oblique ; feet 

 four-toed, cleft; a thick, tufted, lax crest; body brown; tail 

 obscurely barred; twenty inches long; legs longish ; female 

 not crested ; inhabits Africa. 



(52^) Order, Palmipedes, (Lath.) Pinguin. 

 The genus APTENODYTES,(Laf/t.) Pinguin, or Penguin, which 

 consists of fifteen species, is distinguished by a straight bill, wings 

 fin-shaped, without quill feathers; fiet fettered, four-toed ; tail 

 short, wedged ; feathers very rigid ; is seen only in the temperate 

 and frigid zones of the southern hemisphere ; the same as may be 

 said of the auk in the northern hemisphere : none of either of these 

 genera of birds has been, it is said, observed within the tropics. 

 Notwithstanding there is a great similarity between this genus and 

 the alca, or auk, there is, nevertheless, one peculiarity which 

 decidedly distinguishes the Pinguin from the last-named bird : 

 the Pinguin, while swimming, sinks quite above the breast, the 

 head and neck only appearing, while the auk, in common witli 

 other aquatic birds, swims on the surface. It is remarkably 

 dexterous in the water, yet it is a stupid race of birds, 

 and, when on land, easily taken. Some of this tribe lay 

 their eggs in the deserted nest of the Albatross ; see note (14). 

 The following deserve notice: 



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