THE PINGUIN— THE WEAVER-BIRD. 389 



While mandarins, monarchs, demand oft his nest, 

 Which to luxury ministers many a zest. 

 Nor whispers report that those textors were there, 

 Who richjbombycme filaments, choose with much care: 

 Those Weaver-birds ( $3 ) that, with a tapestry select, 

 The walls of their prisons have often bedeck'd. 



The Patachonica, or Patagonian-Pinguin, is the largest of 

 the genus, being above four feet long, and weighs forty pounds. 

 Back of a deep ash colour, each feather bluish at the tip ; be- 

 neath pure white ; on each side of the head, beginning und<er 

 the eye, and behind it, is a broad stripe of fine yellow ; usually 

 found very fat ; flesh black, though not very unpalatable. 

 Found in the Falkland Islands, New Georgia, &c. 



The Australis, or Apterous-Pinguin, (called Apterix- Au$' 

 tralis in Shaw's Zoology,) is the size of a goose; the rudiments 

 of wings quite hid in the plumage. Inhabits New Zealand. 



( 53 ) The Oriolus text or, (Lath.) Weaver, or Weever Oriole, 

 is the size of the Golden-oriole ; body orange-yellow ; quills 

 and tail dusky, edged with orange ; legs flesh colour. Inhabits 

 Senegal. Works silk between the wires of its cage ; it prefers 

 green and yellow to any other colour. 



The Emberiza textrix, {Lath.) Weaver-Bunting, or Wea- 

 ver-bird, is the size of a house-sparrow; bill and legs horn- 

 colour ; over each eye and down the middle of the crown 

 a streak of yellow ; sides of the head mottled yellow and black ; 

 rump and under parts yellow : on the middle of the breast a 

 broad black streak, a little divaricated at the sides ; tail dusky. 

 In the winter the yellow disappears and the bird becomes very 

 like a common sparrow. Supposed to be a native of Africa, 

 This bird, like the Weaver-oriole, weaves silk in a curious manner 

 between the wires of its cage, whence it has obtained, as well 

 as the Oriole, its specific name. It is occasionally to be seen in 

 cages in this country, I have not been able to acquire any in- 

 formation concerning its nest, eggs, nor any other of its habits- 



