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of water ; and they row themfelves forward with 
their finny wings, as t lough they were oars. Their 
bodies are fo clofely covered with feathers, that 
get to them; they are 








befides very fat; and by thefe means they are 
preferved from cold. 
The Crefted Penguin has over each eye a {tripe 
: of pale yellow feathers, which lengthen behind 
into acreft, near four inches long. It is found in 
Falkland’s Iflands, and New Holland, and near the ~ 
Straits of Magellan in South America. When 
they are angry, they raife their creft. Sailors call 
‘them Hopping Penguins, and Jumping Jacks, be- 
caufe they frequently leap three or four feet out 
of the water. ‘They feem more lively than fome 
other of the Penguins, yet they are very ftupid; 
for fometimes upon the fhore they will fuffer 
themfelves to be beaten down with a ftick, or to 
be taken with the hand. “The females make their 
nefts in burrows, under ground, which they form - 
~ with their bills, and they throw out the earth with 
their feet. 
‘The Patagonian Penguin is the largeft that is 
known: it is found in Falkland’s Iflands. Mr. 
Bougainville caught one, which foon became fo 
tame as to follow the perfon who took care of it. 
“It fed for fome time on fifh, on flefh, and on 
bread ; 

