. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. d at Eegents Park on April 18th,and were brought over from New Zealandwhere they had been temporally landed by avessel that goes every three years to theAntarctic Seas, and gener-ally manages to captureone or two Penguins. Asa remaining example ofthe flightless birds, theKing Penguin is the largestof the family {Sphen-Iscidae). The wings areuseless for flight and theirlegs still more awkwardlyadapted for walking, fornothing appears but twoshort legs, or as some maycall them feet,, that seemstuck into the rump,forming a very
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. d at Eegents Park on April 18th,and were brought over from New Zealandwhere they had been temporally landed by avessel that goes every three years to theAntarctic Seas, and gener-ally manages to captureone or two Penguins. Asa remaining example ofthe flightless birds, theKing Penguin is the largestof the family {Sphen-Iscidae). The wings areuseless for flight and theirlegs still more awkwardlyadapted for walking, fornothing appears but twoshort legs, or as some maycall them feet,, that seemstuck into the rump,forming a very awkwardsupport for the ani-mal. They alwaysgive the impres-sion when sit-ting or walking,of a performing-dog that hasbeen taughtto walk onhis liind legs,and draws thebody in pro-gression fromside to menthey walkTHE BABOON erect, and their fin-like wings hang down like arms,giving them the appearance from a distance ofso many children wearing white aprons. Thatgreat naturalist, the late Mr. G. Bennett,made special observation of the habits of the. Zoo Notes 33 Pataginian or King Penguin, which he met in various islands of the high Southern]Jjatitudes, and described in the Zoological Proceedings for 1835. A colony of these birds covers an extent of 30 or 40 acres, and their numbers it is almost im-possible to guess at with any near approach to truth, as, d u r i n g the whole of the day and night, 30,000 or 40,000 of them are con-
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