

38 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
bread; but it foon pined and died. Its natural 
food is fifh; and the remains of crabs, of thell. 
fith, and mollufez, (which are a kind of fifh: that. 
are like jelly) were found in its ftomach. 
The Antar@tic Penguin inhabits many parts of 
the South Sea. It is frequently found on iflands, 
4nd mountains of ice, on which it makes fhift to. 
climb. 
_ The Black-footed Penguin is- found at the Cape. 
of Good Hope. It fwims and dives remarkably. 
well; but on the land, it hops and flutters ina 
very aukward manner, and if hurried, it continu. 
ally ftumbles. It ufes its wings, or ftuimps, in- 
ftead of legs, {creaming like a Goofe. « It climbs 
a little way up the rocks, to make its neft, and 
ufes its bill to help itfelf up. 
The Little Penguins are found in New Zealand, 
They make their nefts in burrows, under ground; _ 
and in fome parts thefe hollows are fo frequent, 
that thofe who walk there are continually falling 
into holes up to their knees. 


Linnzus divides the Penguins into two genera, — 
or families. Some he places under the Diomedea: 
in thefe the under mandible ends abruptly, as though 
it were cut off, and the noftrils are oval and wide. 
Others he places among the Phaeton: their 
. noftrils 
