Natural history of animals; . SWIMMERS. Auks, Puffins, and Penguins. These belong to the cold regions, and the Penguinsto the southern hemisphere. The Great Penguin ofPatagonia is larger than a Goose. Its wings are so. Fig. 166. — Patagonian Penguin. small that it cannot fly, and it stays in the water mostof the time. It is extremely active in the water, oftenmoving in leaps like those of a porpoise. Its eggs arelaid in a shallow depression in the sand. Immensenumbers of Penguins roost together, occupying with NAT. HIST. AN.— 8 114 VERTEBRATES : REPTILES. their nests the whole ground, except n
Natural history of animals; . SWIMMERS. Auks, Puffins, and Penguins. These belong to the cold regions, and the Penguinsto the southern hemisphere. The Great Penguin ofPatagonia is larger than a Goose. Its wings are so. Fig. 166. — Patagonian Penguin. small that it cannot fly, and it stays in the water mostof the time. It is extremely active in the water, oftenmoving in leaps like those of a porpoise. Its eggs arelaid in a shallow depression in the sand. Immensenumbers of Penguins roost together, occupying with NAT. HIST. AN.— 8 114 VERTEBRATES : REPTILES. their nests the whole ground, except narrow walks leading to the water. The extinct Great Auk ofthe Arctic regions was as largeas the Penguin ; its bones andeggs are rarities in has not been seen alive since1844, when the last two werekilled near Iceland. Otherkinds are much smaller; thosecalled Puffins are not largerthan a Dove. The Puffin makes its nest in a burrow and lays but one egg in a season.
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