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in manners, and generally are found in company. 

 These are the one just mentioned, the Crested Pen- 

 guin (A. chrysocome), and the Jackass Penguin (A. 

 demersa). The latter has obtained its title from its 

 nightly habit of emitting discordant sounds, which 



Penguins. 



have been likened to the effusions of our humble 

 sonorous friend of the common. This species seems 

 to deviate from the general manner of breeding, as 

 it burrows on the sandy hills, and is more sensible 

 of injury than its fellows. For Forster describes the 

 ground as every where so much bored, that a person 



