PINGUIN. 39-3 



distinguishable; from the point of the bill to the eye four inches 

 and a quarter; whole length of wing one foot; to the bend six 

 inches; body in general covered with a kind of downy brown fur, 

 in some parts three inches in length; orbits somewhat downy, but 

 not quite bare ; circuit of the body, just above the legs, two feet 

 ten inches; round the neck, at the throat, eleven inches and a half; 

 round the base of the bill four inches and a half; length of foot 

 seven inches; toes three in number, all placed forwards; colour 

 yellow ; toes and webs, nearest the claws, brown black, the rest 

 yellow ; the webs continue quite to the claws, which are nearly 

 straight; claws black. 



A specimen of the above is in the collection of Lord Stanley. 

 The native place uncertain. In the woolly texture of the plumage 

 it seems much allied to theChiloe Species, but is certainly a different 

 bird : the wings covered with a short down, and, when hanging 

 downwards, reach to within four inches of the ground; of what length 

 the tail was originally does not seem clear. One in the collection of 

 Mr. Brookes had several feathers, but worn quite to the stump, 

 probably by resting on that part when sitting in an erect posture. 



14— THREE-TOED PINGUIN. 



Aptenodytes Molinee, Jnd. Orn. ii. 881. 

 ■ Chilensis, Gm. Lin. i. 559. 



Diomedea Chilensis, Molin. Chil. 220. Id. Fr. Ed. 217. 

 Three-toed Pinguin, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 361. 



SIZE of the Chiloe Species, but the neck longer, the head 

 compressed on the sides, and small in proportion ; bill slender, a 

 little bent towards the point ; the feathers on the upper parts of the 

 body blue, changing in some lights to grey ; breast and belly white ; 

 tail not discernable, being a mere elongation of the feathers of the 

 rump ; legs furnished with three toes only, all placed forwards, 

 and situated almost at the vent, as in others of the Genus. 



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