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THE PENGUIN. 



THIS genus has the bill straight, strong, bent towards 

 the point, and furrowed on the sides ; the tongue is covered 

 with strong spines, pointing backwards. The wings are 

 small, and covered with small feathers, as well as the rest 

 of the body, on which they are placed close and smooth, 

 like scales; the legs are short and thick, placed very near 

 the vent ; the toes four, all forwards ; the tail very stiff, 

 and of shafts scarcely webbed. The Penguins frequent 

 the frigid and temperate zones of the southern latitudes. 

 Their bodies are well covered with feathers, and being 

 generally very fat, they feel but little cold. They are found 

 on the ice, at a great distance from land. 



THE CRESTED PENGUIN 



Is about twenty-three inches in length. Its bill is red ; 

 the plumage of the head, neck, back, and sides, is black ; 

 of the lower parts of the body, white ; over each is a pale 

 yellow stripe, the feathers of which, in the male, are 

 lengthened behind into a crest four inches long ; the wings 

 are black, lined and bound with white ; the legs are 

 orange. 



This Penguin is found in many coasts of the southern 

 ocean. They are called by sailors, hopping penguins, or 

 jumping jacks, because they frequently jump from the 

 water to the height of three or four feet. They are stupid 

 birds, permitting a person to advance so as to knock them 

 down with a stick ; when provoked, they erect their crest 

 in a very beautiful manner. This Penguin makes its nest 

 among those of the Pelican tribe, and lives with them in 



tolerable harmony. It lays one egg, white, and larger 

 than the duck's : it is deposited in a ho" 



hole in the earth. 



THE BUZZARD. 



THE length of this bird is about twenty-two inches, and 

 the full expansion of its wings upwards of fifty. It is the 

 most common among all birds of the hawk kind in 



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