. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. HOPPING MANCHOT. and fprings. This ipecies has more livelinefs " in its mien than the two ; It is, in all probability, the fame crefted and red-billed Hopping Manchot that Captain Cook alludes to in the following paflage : ** Hi- therto (in lat. 53* tj' fouth) we had continu- ally round the fhip a great number of. penguinsy *' which feemed to be different from thofe we â¢* faw near the ice; they were fmaller, with ** reddifh bills and brown heads. The
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. HOPPING MANCHOT. and fprings. This ipecies has more livelinefs " in its mien than the two ; It is, in all probability, the fame crefted and red-billed Hopping Manchot that Captain Cook alludes to in the following paflage : ** Hi- therto (in lat. 53* tj' fouth) we had continu- ally round the fhip a great number of. penguinsy *' which feemed to be different from thofe we â¢* faw near the ice; they were fmaller, with ** reddifh bills and brown heads. The meeting ** with fuch a multitude of thefe birds gave me fome hope of finding land.** And in another place ..." On the 2d of December, lat. 48' 23' fouth, long. 179* 16', we obferved feveral red- billed penguins which continued with us next "; â "'â -â â T<'i-: â â [A] Specific charadler of the Crefted Penguin, Aptenodytei Ch*yfocome: « Its bill is rufous-brown; its legs yellowi(h; the crefl «* on its front deep black and ereft, a defle^ed tuft from the ear of - a fulphur-colour.'* Its length is twenty-three inches. It is not ^te io unwieldy as the other penguins. s â¢â¢H . «â 1 I I \ I â it-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. London : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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