AVES--RAZORBILL...PENGUIN. 681 
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, andis frequent on the coasts of Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland, 
&c. It lays its eggs close to the sea-mark. 
THE RAZORBILL! 
{fs 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. Itis pretty common on the 
coasts of England during the summer season. 
THE PENGUIN, 
THE penguins seem to hold the same place in tne 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 with 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. 
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