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It is upwards of three feet in height; its fin-like legr^ 

 being placed at the extreme end of its body, it can 

 stand in no position but quite upright ; in place of 

 wings it has two dangling flaps, which when in the 

 water serve as fins, but are of no use on-shore, as it is 

 totally incapable of flight ; it seldom conies to land, 

 but for the purpose of depositing its eggs; it is then 

 so easily taken, that Capt. Cook says, a man might 

 kill with a stick, in a few hours, as many as would 

 load a large boat. 



Link Penguin (Aptenodytes Minor). Inhabits New 

 Zealand. 



Crested Penguin (Aptenodytes Chrysocome). 



Black Darters (Anhinga Melanogaster). 



These are natives of the lakes and rivers of Brazil ; 

 they live chiefly on fish, which they take by darting 

 forward the head, whilst the neck is contracted like 

 the body of a serpent. Mr. Abbot, the naturalist, 

 of Savannah in America, says that he examined a 

 nest that had two eggs and six young, of three differ- 

 ent sizes, which he believes belonged to different fe- 

 males. They are extremely difficult to shoot, keep- 

 ing the head only above water. 



The Black Ski?nmer (Rynchops Nigra). 



Is remarkable for its singular bill, the lower mandi- 

 ble of which projects considerably beyond the upper, 

 into which it fits like a razor in its handle. It in- 

 habits America and Asia, and is continually flying 

 about and skimming over water, out of which it 

 scoops small fish with its oddly projecting bill. 



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