T A B . XXIII.
PINGUINARIA PATAGONICA.
CHARACTER GENERICUS.
Roßrum re6ì:um, apice fubìncurvato.
Nares lineares.
Lìngua retrorfum aculeata.
AU ad volandiim ineptee.
Perm^e minutiffim^.
Pedes compedes.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Pingiiinaria fofco-cinerea, plumbeo irrorata, Ribtus alba, capite nigricante, fafcia utrinqiie colli
longitudinali flava. MUSEUM LEVERIANUM, NO. 3. tab. 11.
Aptenodytes patachonica. GMEL. SYST. NAT. p.556. LATH. IND. ORN. p. 878.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Beak ftrait, fomewhat bent at the tip.
Nojlrils linear.
Tongue aculeated backwards.
Wings ufeleis for flight.
Feathers extremely fmall.
Legs placed extremely backward.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c.
Cinereous-brown Penguin, fpeckled with lead-colour, white beneath, with blackifli head, and a
longitudinal yellow band on each fide the neck. MUSEUM LEVERIANU^F, No. 3. pi. 11.
The Patagonian Pinguin. PHIL. TRANS, vol.58, p. 91. pi. 5.
Le grand Manchot. BUFF. OIS. 9. p. 399. pi. 30.
THE Penguins form a very iingular and curious genus of birds, which, from their general
fliape, their manner of life, the fliortnefs of their wings, the fcaly appearance of their feathers,
and their utter inability of flight, feem to form a connefting link between birds and fiihes.
In the lea the almoft fubmarine mode of fwimmmg, and on land the awkward ftumbling
walk of thefe birds, exhibit a moil: llriking contraft to the lofty flight of the Albatrofs and the