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The Penguin. 
T HIS Bird is about the Bignefs of a common tame Goofe, and is fuppos’d when 
it cometh to Land to walk in this ere<ft Pofture, by reafon of the backward Si¬ 
tuation of the Legs. Voyagers who have feen this Bird, report it to walk ered:; the 
Bill is not very long nor deprefs’d like a Goofe s, but rather comprefs’d fide-ways ; the 
Corners of the Mouth are pretty deep and reach almoft under the Eyes; in the upper 
Mandible on each Side, is a Cleft or Groove, the Feathers of the Head pointing on each 
Side of the Bill, and cover the Noftrils ; the Bill is of a red Colour; the fore Part of 
the Head, all round the Bill, and as far as the Eyes, is of a dirty brown; the back Part of 
the Head, upper Part of the Neck and Back are of a dark dirty purplifh Colour, 
cover’d with very fmall ftiff Feathers, not eafily ruffled or diforder’d, appearing more 
like the Scales of Serpents than Feathers ; the under Side of the Neck, Bread:, Belly, 
and Sides under the Wings are white, compos’d of Feathers more agreeing with the 
common Make and appearance of Feathers, yet lying pretty clofe and firm; the Wings 
are fmall and flat, like little Boards or Paddles, of a brown Colour ; both above and 
beneath, they are cover’d with Feathers fo ftifFand fmall, that a flight Obferver might 
take them for Shagreen, that Part which anlwers the Tips of the Quills in other Wings, 
is white; it hath no appearance of a Tail, except a few fhort black Bridles on the Rump; 
the Legs are fhort; it hath three Toes ftandingforward,andwebed together as in Geefe, 
the inner of thefe Toes having a Fin or lateral Membrane within-fide; a very fmall 
fourth Toe loofe from the other three, handing forward and within the innermofl of the 
other three, contrary to any thing in the Feet of Birds 1 have yet feen; the Legs and 
Feet are of a dirty red Colour, armed with pretty long fharp brown Claws; the hind 
Part of the Legs and Bottoms of the Feet, are Black. 
This Bird was lent me by Mr. P eter Colinfon ; he could not tell from whence it 
came. I find them mentioned chiefly by Voyagers to the Straits of Magellen , and 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
In Sir Tho. Roe's Voyage to India , I find this Account: “ On the Ifle of Penguin 
“ is a fort of Fowl of that Name, that goes upright; his Wings without Feathers, 
“ hanging down like Sleeves,! faced with White, they do not fly, but only walk in 
“ Parcels, keeping regularly their own Quarters.” Churchills Colle.pt, of Voyages, Vol . 
“ i. p, 767. 
The above-mention’d Penguin Ifle is near the Cape of Good Hope. I have examin’d 
fome of the Voyages to the Straights of Magellan , and find very little Account of the 
Penguins there, more than that they go upright, and burrow under the Shores : So 
that I cannot determine the aboye-defcrib’d to be a Native of any certain. Part of the 
World. Had thefe Voyagers given flight Defcriptions of the Things they mention, 
we'might from thence probably have fixed its native Place, 
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