ORDER PALMIPEDES. .^61 



Catarrhactes,* Briss. 



Have the bill strong, slightly compressed, pointed, 

 rounded on the upper side, with the point a little 

 bent, the furrow from the nostril terminates oblique- 

 ly, at the lower third of the edge. 



The genus Spheniscus of Temminck. 



TJie Crested Penguin, Lath. Apt. Chrysocoma, Gm. 

 Enl. 984. Vieill. Gal. 298. 



Is as large as a stout duck ; black, above ; and white, 

 underneath ; with a white or yellow crest on each 

 side of the occiput. It is found near the Falkland 

 Islands and New Holland. It leaps sometimes out of 

 the water while swimming ; and deposits its eggs in a 

 hole on shore. 



Shaw, Nat. Misc. t. 437- Penguinaria Cristata. 



Red-footed Penguin. Lath. Apt. Catarrhactes, 

 Edw. 49. 



Bill and feet, red; head, brown. Southern Ocean. 

 According to Temm. it is the young, and to Kuhl, the 

 female, of A. Chrysocoma. 



Papuan Penguin. Apt. Papua, Sonn. 1st Voy. 

 pi. 115, and Vieill. Gal. 299. 



Bill and feet, reddish ; occipital spot, white. Falk- 

 land Islands. 



* Catarrhactes is the Greek name of a very different bird, which could 

 fly well, and precipitate itself from on high on its prey. It was probably 

 a species of gull. 



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