160 AVES. 



Apt. patagonica, Gm. (The Great Penguin.) Is the size of a goose, 

 slate-coloured above, white beneath ; a black mask surrounded with a lemon- 

 coloured cravat. Found in large troops near the Straits of Magellan, and as 

 far as New Guinea. The flesh, though black, is eatable. 



CATARRHACTES, Brimsnn. 



The Gorfus* have the bill stout, but little compressed, pointed, rounded 

 on the back, and its point somewhat arcuated ; the groove which arises from 

 the nostril terminates obliquely on the inferior third of its edge. 



FAMILY II. 



LONGIPENNES. 



Tins family includes those birds of the high seas which, from their immense 

 strength of wing, are to be met with in every latitude. They are known by 

 the freedom or nullity of the thumb; by their very long wings; ami by 

 their bill, which is not notched but hooked at the point in the first genera, 

 and simply pointed in the others. 



PROCEJ.LARIA, Linnaeus. 



The Petretsh&ve a bill hooked at the end, the extremity of which seems to 

 consist of a distinct piece articulated with the remainder. 

 Their nostrils are united, and form a tube laid on the back 

 of the upper mandible ; there is a nail planted in the heel, 

 but no thumb. Of all the Palmipedes, these remain most 

 constantly at a distance from land ; and when a tempest intervenes, they are 

 forced to seek shelter on reefs and ships, from which circumstance they derive 

 their name of Storm Birds: that of Petrel Little Peter has been given to 

 them on account of their habit of walking on the water, which they effect by 

 the aid of their wings. They make their nests in holes of rocks, and eject on 

 those who attack them an oily fluid with which their stomach seems to be 

 always filled. The greater number inhabit the Antarctic Seas. 



Proc.frigantea,Gm. (The Giant Petrel.) Is only found in the South Seas. 

 It is the largest of all the species, surpassing the goose in size. Its plumage 

 is blackish, though there are some varieties in which it is more or less white. 



Certain small species, with a somewhat shorter bill and rather longer legs 

 and black plumage, the THALISSIDROMA, Vigors, are particularly designated 

 by sailors under the name of " Mother Carey's Chickens." 



GOT/K, a corruption of goirfugel, the name of the Great Auk in the Feroe Island*. 

 Catarrhaclex is the Greek name of a ery different hird, which could fly well, and preci- 

 pitated itslf from a height on its prey. It \va most probably a species of Gull. 



