N' i. 



Crefled P. 



2. 



Patagonian P 



3- 



Papuan P. 



4- 



Antarctic P. 



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Cape P. 





Var. A. 



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Genus XCIII. P I N G U I N. 



Var. B. 

 N" 6. Magellanic P, 



7. Collared P. 



8. Red-footed P. 



9. Little P. 



BILL ftrong, (trait, more or lefs bending towards the point,, 

 furrowed on the fides. 

 Noftrils linear, placed in the furrows. 

 Tongue covered with ftrong fpines, pointing backwards. 

 Wings fmall, more like fins, covered with no longer feathers- 

 than the reft of the body, ufelefs in flight. 



Body cloathed with thick fhort feathers, having broad (hafts, 

 and placed as compaftly as fcales. 



Legs (hort and thick, placed very near the vent. 

 Toes four, all placed forwards ; the interior loofe, the reft 

 webbed. 



Tail very ftifF, confiding of broad (hafts fcarcely webbed. 

 This genus of birds feems to hold the fame place in the 

 Jouthern parts of the world as the Awks do in the northern, and 

 are by no means to be confounded the one with the other, how- 

 ever authors may differ in opinion in refpect to this matter. The 

 Pinguin is feen only in the temperate and frigid, zones, on that 

 fide of the equator which it frequents ; and the fame is obferved 



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