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Anas of Linnaeus, who has XLV fpecies. Brijfon divides this 
genus into Anfer and Anas ; has XVI of the firft, and XLII 
of the fecond. 
Bill, ftrong, ftrait, bending a little towards the point. 
Nostrils. 
Tongue, covered with ftrong fharp fpines, pointing backwards. 
Wings, very fmall, pendulous, ufelefs for flight ; covered with 
mere flat fhafts. 
Body, covered with thick fliort feathers, with broad fhafts, placed 
as compaftly as fcales. 
Legs, fhort and thick, placed quite behind. 
Toes, four ftanding forward; the interior loofe, the reft 
webbed. 
Tail, very ft iff, confuting only of broad fhafts. 
Patagonian Pinguin, Ph. 2 r. vol. LYIII. 91. tab. V. 
Inhabits an ifle near the Cape of Good Hope , on the coafts of 
New Guinea *, the ifle of Defolation, fouth of the Cape y the 
fouthern parts of South America , and the feas among the ice as 
high as fouth lat. 64. 12. long. 38. 14. eaft f. Lives much at 
fea, The wings aft as fins. On land burrows. Are analo- 
gous to Seals. 
Diomedea demerfa and Phaethon demerfus of Linnaeus. Sphenifcus 
and Catarrafiis of Brijfon VI. 96. and 102. I call it Pinguin, 
the name firft given it by the Dutch voyagers, a Pinguedine. 
* Voy. de Sonnerat . ijg. 
Cook’ s Voy, i. jg. 
M Bill, 
XCII. PINGUIN. 
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