38 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
bread; but it foon pined and died. Its natural 
food is fifh; and the remains of crabs,’ of fhell-_ 
fith, and mollufcze, (which are a kind of fifh that 
are like jelly) were found in its {tomach. | | 
The Antardic. Penguin inhabits many parts of 
the South Sea. It is frequently found on iflands, 
and mountains of ice, on are it makes thf to 
climb. © 
The Black-footed Pengiiinié is pe 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 tumbles. It ufes its wings, lie 
-ftead of legs, {creaming like a Goofe. It climbs | 
a little way up the rocks, to make its neft, a : 
ufes its bill to help itfelf up.. : 
The Little Penguins are found in New Shell 
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, 
-— Linnzeus divides the Peupuins into two genera, 
or families. Some he places under the Diomedea : 
in thefe the under mandible ends abruptly, asthough 
_ it were cut off, and the noftrils are oval and wide. 
Others he am iat one Phaeton - - their 
afin | 
