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of fiiglit. The whole Cetaceous tribe affords a ftriking inftance of the gradual 

 declenfion of the quadruped form, till in the Manati it very nearly ap- 

 proaches to that of a very different clafs of beings. 



Even amono-fl birds there are not wanting inftances of the fame fort of in- 

 diftinfl: alliance to animals of an entirely oppofite caft; the penguins, as they 

 are called, being furniflied with wings fo very fhort, covered with fmall fea- 

 thers fo much refembling fcales, and fo perfeftly ufelefs for flight, that they 

 feem approximated in fome degree to fifh: and are capable of exercifing with 

 eafe and expedition no other adions but thofe of fwimming and diving : fince. 

 when they attempt to walk, they can merely ftagger along in an awkward 

 and unfteady manner, and if difturbed, are liable to Humble and fall. 



Of all the fpecies of this curious affortment of birds, that which is here 

 figured is the largeflj it is alfo the moft elegant in its colours. The bill 

 is black, with a yellowifli tip ; but the bafe of the lower mandible is orange- 

 colour. The head, throat, and hind part of the neck are blackilh-brown : 

 on each fide the neck is a longitudinal ftripe of bright yellow : the remainder 

 of the bird, on the upper part, is of a deep afh-colour, moft of the feathers 

 beino- tipped with blueifli, fo as to give the bird a fpeckled appearance. The 

 whole under part is white : the legs black. This curious fepcies is a native 

 of the fouthern hemifphere, and is principally found about Falkland Iflands. 

 It is a fpecies which does not occur in the works of Linnaeus. 



It may not be improper to obferve, that the only tv/o fpecies of Penguin 

 mentioned by Linnsus, tho' placed in genera to which they may be allowed" to 

 belong, according to the ftrift principles of his mode of arrangement from the 

 ftrudlure of the bills and feet, are yet fo unfortunately ftationed as to be to- 

 tally difaffociated by almoft every other character, from the birds with which 

 he has conjoined them. As there exifts in the Linnsean Syftem no name for 

 this fet of birds, confidered as a feparate genus, I have prefumed to give the 



generic title of Pinguinaria. 



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