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VERTEBRATA. AVES. 



ALBATROSS (Diomedea Exulans), KING PENGUIN (Aptenodytes Paia- 

 NORTHERN DIVER (Colymbus Glacialis). 



ORDER VI. PALMIPEDES.* 



The last of the great divisions of this Class answers 

 to the Cetacea of the Mammalia, and, like it, brings 

 us into close proximity with the Fishes. It is 

 strongly marked by the structure and position of the 

 feet : they are in general short and thick ; with the 

 toes united by a continuous membrane, called the 



* Palma, a palm, and pes, a foot. 



