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5 5 «. D U C K .
? LACK.
pointed, brown ; the middle feathers whitifh : legs of a dull red:
.claws grey.
Inhabits Rujfia, about the Lake Baikal. We believe it likewife
extends to China, as we have feen one greatly fimilar from thence.
In this laft the fides of the head were yellowifh buff-colour: behind
the eye green : crown black : the curved ftreak from the
eye to the throat, furrounds the firft: in other things much the
fame as the above-defcribed.
98.
HINA T.
Anas (Chinenfis) regione oculorum (Maris) viridi, Qfl. Vcy. ii. p. 33,
Description. g I Z E not mentioned. The bill is blackifti grey, and foft: the
head and chin brown : a white line paffes below the eyes : all
above the eyes green: the neck and upper part of the back
white, fpotted with black : lower part of the back, and rump,
a(h-colour: upper part of the neck white, fpotted with black:
bread and belly white, fpotted with black backwards : the feathers
of the rump edged with white : feet and legs alh-coloured.
F emale. The female has the head and all about the eyes of a whitilh
grey: chin white, above black, and in fome parts of a reddilh
white; beneath white, (potted with black.
PXACI. This inhabits China, where it is called Hina-a. The above
imperfeft defeription fcarcely will charaAerize the fpecies, whether
or not it is like the former, though we much fufpeA it.
He mentions another, met with at Canton, called Konga-o; but not
having feen the bird, fays no more about it.
I Gs N JJ $
G e n u s XC1II. P I N G U I N .
N* i. Crefted P.
a. Patagonian P.
3. Papuan P.
4. Antardtic P,
5. Cape P.
V a r . A.
V a r . B.
N* 6. Magellanic P.
7. Collared P.
8. Red-footed P.
9. Little P.
BI L L ftrong, ftrait, more or lefs bending towards the point,
furrowed on the fides.
Noftrils linear, placed in the furrows.
Tongue covered with ftrong lpines, pointing backwards.
Wings fmall, more like fins, covered with no longer feathers
than the reft of the body, ufelefs in flight.
Body cloathed with thick fhort feathers, having broad (hafts,
and placed as compaftly as fcales.
Legs (hort and thick, placed very near the vent.
Toes four, all placed forwards; the interior Loofe, the refit
webbed.
Tail very ft iff, confiding of broad (hafts fcarcely webbed.
This genus of birds feerrfs to hold the fame place in the
Jouthern parts of the world as the Awks do in the northern, and
are by no means to be confounded the one with the other, however
authors may differ in opinion in refpeft to this matter. The
Pinguin is feen only in the temperate and frigid zones, on that
fide of the equator which it frequents; and the fame is obferved