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hemisphere. It resembles the former in almost 

 all its habits ; walking erect, and being very 

 stupid : it also resembles it in colour, shortness 

 of wings, rapidity of swimming, mode of feed- 

 ing, and of making its nest. These birds hatch 

 their young in an erect position, and cackle 

 like geese, but in a hoarser tone. The most 

 remarkable kind is the Crested Penguin, which 

 inhabits several of the South Sea islands, and 

 which is sometimes called the Hopping Pen- 

 guin, or Jumping Jack, from the circumstance 

 of its leaping quite out of the water, some- 

 times to the height of three or four feet, when 

 it meets an obstacle in its course. 



