NORTHERN PENGUIN. 
vided with wings, and some Birds are destitute 
of them. A Wingless Bird, would seem a' 
Monster, produced by the negle6l or oversight; 
of Nature: hut what, apparently, is a de- 
rangement, of her plan, fills up, in reality, ^ 
the order of succession, and conne£ls the; 
chain of existence. As she has deprived the ; 
Quadruped of feet, she has also deprived the 
Bird of Wings: and, it is remarkable, the„ 
same defe61: begins with the Land Birds, and , 
ends in the V/ater Fowl. The Ostrich, and? 
Cassowary, seem in many respects to approach ' 
the land animals ; while the Penguins, and i 
Alanchots, appear to form the shade between- 
Birds and Fish. Instead of wings, they have' 
small pinions, which might be said to be co-' 
vered with scales rather than feathers, and^ 
which serve as fins. Their body is large,] 
compa61:, and cylindrical ; behind which are^ 
attached two broad oars, rather than two Icgs jM 
the impossibility of advancing far into thS 
land; the fatigue, of even remaining there J 
otherwise than by lying; the necessity, the 
habit, of being almost always at sea; in short, 
their whole economy of life ; mark the ana- 
logy between the acjuatic animals, and these 
shapeless 
