SPHENISCUS. SPHENISQUE, 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum basi rectum, la- 

 teratim compressum, ob- 

 lique sulcatum ; mandi- 

 bula superiore adunca, in- 

 fer iore truncata. 



Nares ad medium rostri sitae, 

 denudatae. 



Remiges et rectrices nullae. 



Pedes breves, tetradactyli. 



Beak straight at the base, 

 laterally compressed, ob- 

 liquely grooved; the up- 

 per mandible hooked ; the 

 lower truncated. 



Nostrils placed near the 

 middle of the beak, and 

 naked. 



Quills and tail-feathers want- 

 ing. 



Legs short, four-toed. 



SPHENISCUS. Briss., Cuv. 

 APTENODYTES. Gmel., Lath. 

 EUDYPTES. Vieill. 

 DIOMEDEA. Linn. 



X HESE birds have the beak straight, compressed, 

 irregularly channelled at its base, the tip of the upper 

 mandible hooked, and of the lower truncated : the 

 nostrils are placed in the middle, and not clothed 

 with feathers. 



