frequently! appearing chiefly to advance by that means. This fpe-
cies feems to have a greater air of livelinefs in its countenance.than
others, yet is in fadt a very ftupid bird, fo much fo as to fuffer itfelf
to be knocked on the head with a flick, when on land *. When
angered* it eredts its creft in a beautiful manner. Thefe birds
make their nefts among thofe of the Pelican tribe, living in tolerable
harmony with them; and lay feldom - more than one,
egg, which is white, and larger than that of a Duck. They
are moftly feen by themfelves, feldom mixing with other Pinguins,
and often met with in great numbers on the outer fhores,
where they have been bred. Are frequently fo regardlefs as to
fuffer themfelves to be taken by the hand f . The females of
this fpecies lay their eggs in burrows, which they eafily form of
themfelves with their bills, throwing out the dirt with their feet.
In thefe holes the eggs are depofited on the bare earth. The
general time of fitting is in Oblober ; but fome of the fpecies,
efpecially in the colder parts, do not fit till December, or even
January. How long they fit is not known $.
* Thefe were found difficult to kill, and when provoked, ran at the fàilors
in flocks, and pecked their legs, and fpoiled their cloaths,— Forß. Voy.
•f Cook's laß Voy. i. p. 88.
% Difc.on Pinguinsi Commentât% Gott. völ-Hi»
Aptenodytes patachonica, Comment at. Gott, iii, p. 137. t. 2.
■ .........—............. .......... Miller's Illußr. pi. 2p.
Manchot de la N. Guinee, Son. Voy. p. 179. t. 113.
Le grand Manchot, Buf. Oif. ix. p. 399. pi. 30.
Manchot des Illes Malouines, PI. Enl. 975,
Firft Clafs of Penguins, Boug. Voy. p. 64,
Patagonian Penguin, Phil. Tran/, lviii. p. 91. pi. 3.— Gen. of Birds, p.
66. pi. 14.—>Gi0/. Mag. xxxix. pi. in p. 489.
Er. Muf. Lev. Muf.
'jT H IS is the largeft of the genus yet known, being four
feet three inches in length ; and ftands ereft at leaft three
feet; the weight forty pounds. The bill is four inches and a
half in length, more (lender in proportion than in any of the
fpecies, and bends towards the tip ; the colour of it black for two-
thirds of the length, and from thence to the point yellowiffi;
the under mandible orange at the bafe, and black at the tip :
the tongue is half the length of the bill, and armed on each
fide with fpikes, turning backward : the irides are hazel :
the head, throat, and hind part of the neck, are of a deep
brown : the back of a deep afh-colour, each feather blueilh at
the tip: the under parts are pure white : on each fide the head,
beginning under the eye, and behind it, is a broad ftripe of fine
yellow; this advances forward as it proceed? down the neck,
where it grows narrower and paler, and at laft blends-itfelf with
the white on the bread:; this appearance however is only when
the neck is ftretched, for the ftate in which the bird ufually carries
itfelf is with the head rather crouched in between the (houlders,
when the yellow appears incircling the neck as a necklace: the
4 C 2 wings
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