386 PINGUIN. 



themselves to be taken with the hand ; * when enraged they erect 

 the crests in a beautiful manner. They make the nests among those 

 of the Pelican Tribe, living in tolerable harmony with them; seldom 

 lay more than one egg, which is white, and larger than that of a 

 Duck ; but they are mostly seen by themselves, seldom mixing with 

 other Pinguins, and often met with in great numbers on the outer 

 shores, where they have been bred. The females lay the eggs in 

 burrows, which they easily form of themselves with the bill, throwing 

 out the dirt with their feet. In these holes the eggs are deposited on 

 the bare earth. The general time of sitting is in October; but in 

 some of the species, especially in the colder parts, not till December, 

 or even January. The length of time for sitting is not known. f 



We learn from the Embassy to China, that they were found in 

 vast abundance in the Island of Amsterdam ; often basking and 

 standing erect on the rocks, in company with the seals. Found also 

 in countless multitudes in the Isle of Tristan da Cunha, concealing 

 themselves among the long grass, and in the bottoms of the ravines, 

 where they open upon the shore ; and keep up a moaning noise, 

 which can be heard at a great distance. J 



4. -RED-FOOTED PINGUIN. 



Aptenodytes Catarractes, Ind. Orn. ii. 881. Gm. Lin. i. 558. Com. Goett. iii. 145. 



Phaeton demei-sus, Lin, i. 210. Boroicsk. iii. 24.2. 



Catarractes, Bris. vi, 102. Id. 8vo. ii. 387. 



Spheniscus, Tern. Man. Ed. 2d. cxii. 



Le Manchot des Hottentots, PL ml. 1005. 



Red-footed Pinguin, Gen. Syn. vi. 572. Edw. pi. 49. Phil. Trans, lviii. p. 98. 



SIZE of a Goose. Bill two inches and one-third long, and red, 

 both mandibles pointed, the upper a trifle bent; fore part of the 

 head dirty brown ; the back part and all above the neck and body 

 dirty purple; beneath white ; wings brown, fringed with white; tail 

 short, bristly, black; legs dirty red, claws brown. 



* Cook's last Voy. f Disc, on Pinguins, Commentat. Goett. % Lin. Trans, xii. 497. 



