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S' |N the Lever -Ian Mufeum I alfo obferve a further variety. In 



this the crown of the head, hind part of the neck, and all the 

 upper parts of the body, are black : the under moftly white, ex- 

 cept the chin, which is black, and furrounds the eye fomewhat in 

 the fame manner as in the laft-mentioned j but at fuch a diftance, 

 and in (o circular a manner, as greatly to give the appearance of 

 the bird's having a pair of fpe&acles* on, efpecially if feen in 

 front : it has the fame band over the breaft, and palling down 

 pn each fide to the thighs, as the laft-defcribed. 



The two firft-mentioned are fuppofed to be male and female ; 

 and perhaps fuch as vary from thofe defcriptions may prove the 

 young birds of one or the other fex ? 

 Place an> The above are all found in the neighbourhood of the Cape of 



Manners, Q 0(jii fj^. but particularly in Robben or Penguin IJle, near Sal- 

 danie Bay f. Like all of the genus, this is an excellent fwimmer 

 and diver ; but hops and flutters in a ftrange awkward manner 

 on the land, and, if hurried, ftumbles perpetually j and frequently 

 runs for fome diftance like a quadruped, making ufe of the wings 



• Compare Pinguin a lunettes, Pernet. Voy. ii. p. 17. t. 7. fig. 3. — Id. Engl. 

 Tranjl. p. 243. t. 15. 



f In abundance in Conye (fie, fourteen leagues fhort of Saldanie Bay, feeding 

 emjijh at fea, and grafs afliore ; and have holes to live in like Conies. " Some 

 adventure to eat them, but to make a meal I cannot advife, other than as th« 

 difiicb diredls. 



Tota quidem ponatur Anas, fed pettore tanturrt 

 Et cervice fapit, citera redde coquo. 



Divide the Duck, only the neck and breaft 



They favour well, th« Cock may take the reft." Herb. Trav. p. 12. 



6 inftead 



