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XIV. Account of the different Species of the 
Birds , called Pinguins, by Thomas Pen- 
nant, Ef quire , F, R. S. 
PINGUINS. 
Read March H E characters of this genus arc, 
1 very fmall wings and thole covered 
with meer {hafts. Four toes on each foot, three of 
which are webbed, the fourth loofe and {landing for- 
ward. 
i. The Patagonian Pinguin. 
Tab. V. 
Size. The length of the fluffed {kin, we mea- 
fured, was four feet three inches ; and 
the bulk of the body feemed fuperior 
to that of a fwan. 
Bill. Four inches and a half long ; {lender, 
ftrait, bending only on the end of the 
upper mandible, black, covered on each 
lide the bafe with foft fhort brown fea- 
thers ; the fides of the lower mandible 
compreffed, the lower part or bafe orange 
coloured, the end dufky. No noftrils. v 
Tongue. Half the length of the bill, and Angu- 
larly armed with ftrong {harp fpikes 
pointed backwards. 
N 2 
Plumage. 
