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THE SNIPE. 
There is another bird of this description, called the 
Penguin, of which there are several varieties, which seems 
to hold the same place in the southern parts of the world, 
that the Auks do in the northern ; being only found in the 
temperate and frigid zones of the southern hemisphere. It 
resembles the former in almost all its habits : walking 
erect, and being very stupid : it also resembles it in colour, 
shortness of wings, rapidity of swimming, mode of feeding, 
and of making its nest. These birds hatch their young in 
an erect position ; and cackle like geese, but in a hoarser 
tone. The most remarkable kind is the Crested Penguin, 
which inhabits several of the South Sea islands, and which 
is sometimes called tEe Hopping Penguin, or Jumping 
Jack, from the circumstance of its leaping quite out of the 
water, sometimes to the height of three or four feet, when 
it meets an obstacle in its course. 
THE SNIPE. ( Scolopax Wilsonii .) 
The Snipe of North America, so nearly related to that of 
Europe, is found according to the season, in every part 
of the continent, from Hudson’s Bay to Cayenne, and does 
not appear indeed sufficiently distinct from the Brazilian 
Snipe of Swainson, which inhabits abundantly the whole of 
