. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ;ii 'I' f' i It J }i i\ h -i! f' iii 'm iH Ht'l. [ 330 3 The PENGUIN. FIRST SPECIES. Ale a Tarda, Linn, and Gmel. Jlca. Briff. Plautus Ton/or. Klein. Jlka. Cluiius, Nieremb. and Johnll. AlkaHoieri. Sibb. Will, and Ray. The Falk. Martin's Voy. St. Kilda. The Marrot. Sibb. Hift. Fife. The Auk. Penn. and Lath. ⢠^Tp HOUGH this firfl Penguin is furnifhed with wings of Ibme length, and with feveral little feathers, we are aflured that it cannot fly, nor even rife from the
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. ;ii 'I' f' i It J }i i\ h -i! f' iii 'm iH Ht'l. [ 330 3 The PENGUIN. FIRST SPECIES. Ale a Tarda, Linn, and Gmel. Jlca. Briff. Plautus Ton/or. Klein. Jlka. Cluiius, Nieremb. and Johnll. AlkaHoieri. Sibb. Will, and Ray. The Falk. Martin's Voy. St. Kilda. The Marrot. Sibb. Hift. Fife. The Auk. Penn. and Lath. ⢠^Tp HOUGH this firfl Penguin is furnifhed with wings of Ibme length, and with feveral little feathers, we are aflured that it cannot fly, nor even rife from the water "f-. The head, the neck, and the whole of the upper fide of the body, are black; but the under fide, which is immerfed in the water v/hen it fwims, is entirely white. A little ftreak of white runs from the bill to the eye, and a fimilar ilreak croiTes the wing ob- liquely. We have faid that the feet of the Penguin has pnly three toes, and that this conformation, as * In the north of England the Aiik: in the weft of England the Razorbill: m Cornwall the Murre: in Scotland !he Sccut: in Norway, and in the Feroe iOandsj fhe Aike, Klub Kljmprt: in Gothland Tordt and in Angerniania TordmuU: in Iceland Aulka, Klumbtt Klumbtr- revia: in Greenland Aivarfak, â \ Edwards, ⢠well. 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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