PERU CURRENT 



Figure 3 



Figures. PERUVIAN PENGUIN, 

 Nino", walks upright wtth great dignity, 

 weighf about 9 pounds. The bird has gr 

 across o white breast and has a black bill 

 penguin loc/cs any ability^whatever in the 

 under water 



Spheniscus humboldfi, "Pajaro' 

 tanding about 27 inches high, 

 ay feathers with a black band 

 and blackish brown feel. The 

 air but exhibits incredible skil 





Figure 1. WANDERING ALBATROSS, Diomedeo exu/ons, "Cope 

 sheep", weighs about 13 pounds wifh o wing spread of eleven feel. The 

 birds ore white with slate brown wing tips ond trim with o buff-yellow beak 

 ond blue-gray legs and feet. This is a southern hemisphere olbatross which 

 nests mostly on glacial Antarctic islands such os South Georgio. A gifted 

 and beaut/ful oeriol performer often seen for ot sea. King of the air, the 

 albatross is one of the largest seo birds, and also of all flying birds, the 

 condor being heovier but with lesser wing-spread. 



Figure 2. PERUVIAN PELICAN, Pelicanus occidentalis thagus, 



■Alcolroz", o lorge ungainly bird weighing about 16 pounds; has pearly 

 gray plumage with a white head, black or orange-yellow pouch with greenish 

 bill and lovender-groy legs. Moy hurtle into the water with a resounding 

 splash or moy swim and scoop while fishing. The bird gives the impression 

 of being shy, stupid and at hmes owlcword or impractical; is most conspicuous 

 among the flock birds on the coast for its size as it is the largest. This bird 

 does not stray out of sight of the coosi ond has never been sighted off the 

 outlying islands. 



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