. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. j i If "j J 19! I-I i m. i 1: iff ' i i 1 â ' 1 , â :1 1 -. ! ! M ! â li 326 PENGUINS AND MANCHOTS, ** burrows, and choofc, for this purpoTe, a down " or fandy plain. The ground is every where '* fo much bored, that in walking a pcrfon often ** finks up to the knees, and if the Penguin " chance to be in her hole, fhe revenges herfelf ** on the palTcnger, by failening on his legs, ** Vvhich flie bites very clofc*." The Manchots occur not only in all
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. j i If "j J 19! I-I i m. i 1: iff ' i i 1 â ' 1 , â :1 1 -. ! ! M ! â li 326 PENGUINS AND MANCHOTS, ** burrows, and choofc, for this purpoTe, a down " or fandy plain. The ground is every where '* fo much bored, that in walking a pcrfon often ** finks up to the knees, and if the Penguin " chance to be in her hole, fhe revenges herfelf ** on the palTcnger, by failening on his legs, ** Vvhich flie bites very clofc*." The Manchots occur not only in all the fouth- crn tra«5t of the great Pacific Ocean, and on all the iflands fcattered in it "j*, but alfo in thofe of the thefc tufts, and as they come out of the fea quite drenched, the paths between thefc plants are rendered fo dirty and flimy, that a pcrfon cannot walk without fvepping from one tuft to another. Earjier.âThe mod advanced and the largcil of thefe iflands (on the nortli-eall of Spiring bay,, in fight of Fort Dcfire, in Magel- lan's Strait) is that named the ijland of Penguins, about three quarters of a mi'e in length. This ifland conlills only of craggy rocks, except near the middle, where it is gravelly, and bears a little green herbage: it is the retreat of a prodigious number of Penguins and feals. Narhoroiigh. * Voyage of five vcflels to the Straits of Magellan.âThey make holes in the ground, like our rabbits, and there lay eggs; but they live on fiih, and cannot fly, having no feathers on their wings, which hang at their fides like bits of leather. ^AW the Ihore, near the fea, is ftrcwcd with burrows, where thefe birds hatch their eggs: the ifland of Detroit is full of thefe holes, except a beautiful vale clothed with fine green herbage, which we imagine thefe birds had referved for their pailurage. Hi/}, des Navig. torn. i. f. 240.âIn a bay on the coaft of Brazil is an immenfe number of the birds which the Englifli call Penguins; thefe
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