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ORDERS OF BIRDS— FLIGHTLESS DIVERS 



the fact. Of all birds that love water, I think 

 the Penguin loves it most. It will lie on its 

 side at the surface, and in sheer playfulness 

 and excess of joy, beat the water with its upper- 

 most wing, wriggle about, then turn over and 

 splash with the other. 



In the sea, a flock of Penguins is readily 

 mistaken for a school of dolphins, because they 

 dive so persistently, in order to swim with their 

 wings, and thus get on in the world very much 



faster than if they sat up and paddled with 

 their feet. 



There are about twenty species of Penguins, 

 of which the Emperor is the largest, and the 

 King Penguin second. All are found in the 

 southern hemisphere. The largest Emperor 

 Penguin ever weighed and recorded, weighed 

 78 pounds! Needless to say, these birds live 

 almost wholly upon fish, in the capture of which 

 they are the most expert of all birds. 



