66 PICTURE OF ORGANIZED NATURE. 



for the most part, (as before stated,) natives of the 

 Torrid Zone; from whence they spread, in very 

 small numbers, to the warmer part of the Tempe- 

 rate Zone. According to Humboldt, some Apes are 

 found on the Andes, 6561 feet above the level of the 

 sea. In the Northern Hemisphere, in Japan, there 

 are Apes in the 37th degree of Latitude. In the 

 Picture, their extension has, therefore, been designed 

 from the Torrid Zone to the region of the 37th degree. 



SPREADING OF BIRDS. 



Marine Birds of both Hemispheres are most 

 abundant in the Polar Seas, and are found at the 

 utmost limits of organic life, among the icy plains. 

 In such regions, where, on the land, but few Birds, 

 and even those rare, are met with, the sea abounds 

 with Water-Fowl. Many different species are known 

 to be plentiful about Greenland, Spitzbergen, Kamt- 

 chatka, &c. Foster found, on the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, in the 54th degree of Latitude, near the Bird 

 Island, large flocks of Sea-Ravens, Cormorants, 

 Penguins, and other Sea-Fowl. The very thick 

 covering of plumage with which the Sea-Birds are 

 furnished, and the large mass of fat under their 

 skin, accord with their abode. 



1. On the Northern Hemisphere, the Auks (Alca) 



