NORTHERN PENGUIN. 
3afFon, be in fa6l our Northern Penguin, 
these birds are there in sufficient plenty : for,, 
in the HIstoire Generale des Voyages, above 
referred to, it is said — " this species lives in 
flocks very far at sea ; and approaches not the 
land, except in the coldest weather : but it then 
repairs in such numbers, that the water round 
the islands seems covered with a thick dark 
fog. Thfj Greenlanders then drive them on 
the coast, and catch them with the hand, for 
these birds can neither run nor fly. They af- 
ford subsistence to the inhabitants during the - 
months of February and March: at least, at 
the mouth of Bail River, for they do not re« 
sort to all the shore indiscriminately. They 
have the tenderest and most nutritive flesh of 
all the sea-hens, and their down serves to line 
winter garments." 
Though the following general observations 
of Sonnerat may be considered as originating 
with the Manchots, or Southern Penguins, 
they are equally applicable to both families of 
these very singular birds ; and we have, there- 
fore, transcribed them, as closing with a not 
improper 
