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that it is never seen out of soundings, so that its appearance serves as an 

 infallible direction to land. It feeds on the lump fish, and others of the same 



size ; and is frequent on the coasts of Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland, 

 &c. It lays its eggs close to the sea-mark. 



THE RAZORBILLi 



Is not above half the size of the preceding, which it resembles both in form 

 and plumage, except that it has the use of its wings, and lays its egg (for 

 each of these species lays but one) on the bare top of a precipice, and fastens 

 it by a cement, so as to prevent its rolling off. It is pretty common on the 

 coasts of England during the summer season. 



THE PENGUIN. 



The penguins seem to hold the same place in the southern parts of the 

 world, as the auks do in the north, neither of them having ever been 

 observed within the tropics. The wings of the larger species do not enable 

 them to rise out of the water, but serve them rather as paddles, to help 

 them forward when they attempt to move swiftly, and in a manner walk 

 along the surface of the water. Even the smaller kinds seldom fly by choice ; 

 they flutter their wings Avith the swiftest efforts, without making way; and 

 though they have but a small weight of body to sustain, yet they seldom 

 venture to quit the water, where they are provided with food and protection. 



^Alca tarda, LiN. 



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