Part I. Of 'Palmipedes. 7 1 
young Ones : related by Gefner from an obferving Scot. 
It feems probable, that fhe trys which, of many will beft 
agree with her own (tomach, and when fhe finds one 
more delicate than the reft, fhe 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 themfelves from thence with as much as ferves 
them for firing all the year, (a) (a)GeCmi 
They are extraordinary fat. Out of their Fat the Scots J^JJ* 
make a moil 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 Goflins are by (b) Gefher 
them alfo accounted a great Dainty. ( c ) 0Ht . $ H - B * 
The PENGUIN. So called from his extraordinary fat- (^wiLOm. 
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- 
£il for flight, but by the help whereof he fwims very 
fwiftly. See his Defcription at large in the fame Author 5 
as alfo in Wormius, and WiUughby out of both. I (hall give 
a more full Defcription of the Bill. 
"lis black 3 from the corners of his Mouth four inches 
and i long. But the Horns, or horny portions, whereof 
it chiefly confifts, are fliorter 5 in the upper Beak, a little 
more than three inches long 5 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 lharp Ridge. Its Edges about the middle, a little con- 
vex 5 about the end, concave and fliarp. They are double 
Grooved, fc . before and behind. In the end, 'tis crooked. 
The nether Beak behind as much over, as the upper 5 
towards the end, more compreffed. Hollow 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 5 together with the grooved 
Edge* 
