868 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



Fam. SpheniscidjE. 



Ptilopteri, Bonap. 



The Penguins are peculiar to Southern Seas. They are. still 

 less capable of flying than the Auks, their wings being reduced 

 in some cases to a kind of fin covered with small scaly feathers, 

 and their feet are placed still further backwards ; the tarsus is 

 widened posteriorly, and they rest on it. They stand upright, 

 and move along the ground by trailing on their bellies. They 

 live almost entirely on the sea, only coming to the shore to breed, 

 which they do on rocks, or in holes in the ground. They attend 

 their young for some time after they are hatched. Among the 

 few known species are the Patagonian Penguin, (Aptenodytes 

 patachonica, ) the flattened skin of which is often brought by 

 sailors ; the crested Gorfew (Eudyptes dernersaj ; and the Jackass 

 Penguin, (Catarractes chrysocoma). 



