LECTURE VI. 247 



character of the Awks consists in a strong, thick 

 bill, compressed on the sides, and marked by 

 transverse furrows : the feet three-toed, all directed 

 forward. 



With respect to the real or southern Penguins, 

 we may observe, that Linnaeus having seen but 

 two species, and paying too strict a regard to the 

 mere form of the beak, arranged them most un- 

 happily in the same genera with the Tropic-Bird 

 or Phaeton, and with the Diomedea or Albatross, 

 both remarkable for their power of wing, and the 

 aerial elevation of their flight. 



The Albatross or Diomedea, is a very large 

 bird, of a white colour when full-grown, varied 

 with shades of brown, but when young often of 

 a blackish colour, with a very large bill, and 

 winsfs of so o'reat an extent as sometimes to 

 measure more than ten feet. 



It is so remarkable for the extent of its migra- 

 tions, that it may almost be said to pass from pole 

 to pole, and is seen at a greater distance from land 

 than any other known bird. It is the Diomedea 

 exulans of Linnaeus, and the wandering Albatross 

 of the English ornithologists, and is pretty well 

 represented in the works of Edwards. 



