. The bird . ,have had occasion to acknowledge very warmly the courtesy of theconservator, M. Desnoyers, and of M. le Docteur Lemercier, who haj3 316 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. obligingly supplied me with a number of pamphlets and curiousmemoirs from his private collection. Page 94. Buffon.—I think that now-a-days we too readily forgetthat this gieat generalize! has not the less received and recorded anumber of very accurate observations furnished him by men of specialvocations, officers of the royal hunt, gamekeepers, marines, and personsof every Page 90. The Penguin.—The brother of the
. The bird . ,have had occasion to acknowledge very warmly the courtesy of theconservator, M. Desnoyers, and of M. le Docteur Lemercier, who haj3 316 ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. obligingly supplied me with a number of pamphlets and curiousmemoirs from his private collection. Page 94. Buffon.—I think that now-a-days we too readily forgetthat this gieat generalize! has not the less received and recorded anumber of very accurate observations furnished him by men of specialvocations, officers of the royal hunt, gamekeepers, marines, and personsof every Page 90. The Penguin.—The brother of the auk, but less de-graded ; he carries his wings like a veritable bird, though they areonly membranes floating on an evoided breast. The more rarifiedair of our northern pole, where he lives, has already expanded hislungs, and the breast-bone begins to project. The legs, less closelyconfined to the body, better maintain its equilibrium, and the portand attitude gain in confidence. There is here a notable differencebetween the analogous products of the two hemispheres. Page 103, The Petrel, the mariners terror.—The legend of thepetrel gliding upon the waves, around the ship which he appears tolead to perdition, is of Dutch origin. This is just as it ought tobe. Tlie Dutch, who voyage en famille, and carry with them theirwives, their children, even their domestic animals, have been moresusceptible to evil auguries than other navigators. The hardiest ofall, perhaps—true amphibians—they have not the less been anxiousand imaginative, hazarding
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