Part L Of Palmipedes, 7 1 
young Ones : related by Gefner from an obferving Scot. 
it feems probable, that flie trys which, of many will beft 
agree with her own ftomach, and when fhe finds one 
more delicate than the reft, (lie carries that to her Young. 
When they come to build, they bring fo great a quan- 
tity of broken Wood with them , that the People there 
fupply thcmfclves from thence with as much as ferves 
them for firing all the year, (a) 00 Gefner 
They are extraordinary fat. Out of their Fat the Scots ^jf ius / 
make a molt excellent Oil to be ufed in the Gout, and 
other Cafes: Not inferior to that Oleum Comagenum, fo 
much celebrated by Pliny, (b) The young Gojlins are by (b) Gefner 
them alfo accounted a ereat Dainty. U) m * $ H * B - 
rP 11 1 r '■ i • 1 * - r an( * turner. 
The PENGUIN. So called from his extraordinary rat- (c ) wii.Oni 
nefs. For though he be no higher than a large Goofe, 
yet he weighs fometimes, faith Clufius, fixteen pounds. 
His Wings are extream fhort and little, altogether unufe- 
ful for flight, but by the help whereof he fwims very 
fwiftly. See his Defcription at large 111 the lame Author $ 
as alfo in Wormius, and Willughby out of both. I fhall give 
a more full Defcription of the Bill. 
Tis black ; from the corners of his Mouth four inches 
and 3 long. But the Horns, or horny portions, whereof 
it chiefly confills, are fhorter 5 in the upper Beak, a little 
more than three inches long ; in the nether, two. Again, 
in the upper, it is obliquely prolonged from the Margins 
to the Forehead 5 contrariwife , in the nether , it is ob- 
liquely fhorten'd from the Margins to that part under the 
Tongue. The upper Beak is an inch high, between the 
corners of the Mouth as wide, but prefently nfes up into 
a (harp Ridge. Its Edges about the middle, a little con- 
vex 3 about the end, concave and lharp. They are double 
Grooved, jc. before and behind. In the end, 'tis crooked. 
The nether Beak behind as much over, as the upper 5 
towards the end, more compreiled. Hollo w like a Trough.- 
Its edges fharp,and convex before 3 behind,they are grooved. 
In the middle, it bunches out underneath. The upper Beak, 
is cut with feven or eight oblique and crooked Notches 5 
the nether, with as many ftrait ones. 
The height of the upper Beak 3 the fharpnefs, and the 
extuberance of the lower, together with the grooved 
Edges 
