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2. Alca, Liu. 
Beak much compres- Feet entirely pal- Northern seas, 
sed, elevated vertically; mated; no great toe. 
the hack sharp, gene- 
rally furrowed trans- 
versely. 
a. Fratercula, Briss. 
Mormon. ////§■. Aurs. 
Beak, shorter than the Nostrils (narrow clefts) Small wings, support- 
head, as deep and deeper near the edge. ing them for a moment, 
at the base than long. Live on the sea, nest in 
Fig. 231. rocks. 
b. Alga, Cwp. Penguins. 
Beak more elongated, Feathers as far as the Wings too small to 
like the blade of a knife, nostrils. sustain them, therefore 
Fig. 233. do not fly at all. 
3. Aptenodytes, Forst. 
Feet, more backward Great toe small, di- Wings with only 
than in any other Birds, rected inwards; the vestiges of feathers, 
only afford support by three anterior toes like scales, 
resting on the tarsus, united by an entire 
which is enlarged like membrane, 
the sole of the foot of a 
quadruped; its interior 
presenting three bones, 
soldered together at the 
extremities. Fig. 229. 
a. Aptenodytes, Cuv. Pa- 
TAGONIAN PiNGUINS. 
Beak slim, long, poin- Feathers covering one Furrow from the nos- 
ted; the superior man- third the length of the trils to the end of the 
dible a little arched to- beak or to the nostrils. beak, 
wards the end. Fig. 236. 
Catarrhactes, Briss, 
Beak strong, little com- 
pressed, pointed, the 
back rounded, the point 
a little arched. Fig. 232. 
Furrow from the nos- 
trils terminating oblique- 
ly at the edge of the beak. 
