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Description. 



labourer is suffered to satisfy its own hunger. 

 The bird most commonly used for this purpose 

 by the Chinese fishermen is a species of pelican, 

 called the fishing cormorant ; when treating of 

 which we shall give a further account of this sin- 

 gular mode of fishing. 



THE PENGUIN. 



THE penguins seem to hold the same place 

 in the southern parts of the world,, that the auks 

 do in the northern ; being only found in the tem- 

 perate and frigid zones of the southern hemi- 

 sphere. They resemble them in almost all their 

 habits; walking erect, and being very stupid: 

 they also resemble them in their colour, and 

 their mode of feeding, and of making their nests. 

 They hatch their young in an erect position; 

 and cackle like geese, but in a hoarser tone. 



The bill of the penguin is strong, straight, 

 furrowed on the sides, and bent towards the 

 porht. The nostrils are linear, and placed in the 

 furrows. The tongue is covered with strong 

 spines, pointing backwards. The body is clothed 

 with thick short feathers; which have broad 

 shafts, and are placed as compactly as scales. 

 The legs are short and thick, placed backwards, 

 near the tail. The toes are four, all placed for- 

 wards; the interior ones are loose, and the rest 

 webbed. The tail is very stiff, consisting of 

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