PENGUINS. 



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FIG. 390. PENGUINS. 



The King 1 PengTlins (Aptenodytes} * are even less capable of flight than the pre- 

 ceding. Their little wings are covered with apologies for feathers, that rather resem- 

 ble scales, and their feet, which are placed farther back than those of any other bird, 

 support their weight upon the whole length of the tarsus, which is flattened out like 

 the sole of the foot of a quadruped. Their feet, moreover, have the three front toes 

 completely webbed, and the hinder toe directed inwards. These birds are only met with 

 in the Antarctic seas, and seldom come on shore except to build their nests. 



TRIBE II. LONGIPENNES. 



The tribe Longipennes f comprehends numerous birds always 

 met with on the wide ocean, and distributed everywhere, so that 

 they are encountered by navigators in all parts of the world. 

 They are to be recognized by having their hind toe free or else 

 wanting; by their very long wings ; and by their beak, which is 

 without denticulations, hooked at the end in some species, and 

 simply pointed in others. 



ago Uiese birds were sufficiently common, such has been the relentless warfare carried 

 on against them that the species is believed by ornithologists to be now totally extinct. 

 * airTfy, apten, unwinged ; dvnjs, dytes, a diver : ivingless divers. 

 t Longus, long; penna, a uint>. 



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