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Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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and some white transverse Unes on the bill. It is rather smaller than that spe-cies, which it exactly resembles in habit and extent of wing, flying equally well: inhabits the same cliffs, but lessnumerously ; and commonly lays two eggs, sometimes three, of similar character to those of the Black Guillemot:has a croaking voice.] The Great Auk (A. impennis, Lin.).—Colours of the preceding, but the beak marked with eight or ten crossgrooves, and an oval white spot between the eye and bill. It lays but one great egg, spotted with pui-plish. [Thisspecies, which is larger than a Goose, is the only northern sea-fowl utterly deprived of the function of flight, andhas accordingly its wings reduced to exactly that size which is most efficient of all for subaquatic progression:they are not larger than very moderate-sized fins, and the limb-bones arc considerably weightier and less solidthan those of its congener; but we are not aware that the skeleton makes any approach in form to that of the
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Fig. 1S6.—Sternum of Pcngui PALMIPEDES. 255 Penguins of the southern hemisphere, which are very distinct from the ; iiks. As a particularly rare visitant, thisspecies is allowetl a place in the Uritish Fauna.] The genus of The Pengciss (Aplmodyles, Forster)—Is even less capable of flying than that of the Auks. Their little wings, covered with mere vestiges offeathers, which at the first glance resemble scales; their feet, placed farther back than in any other bird [the Grebes and Loons alone excepted,]only support them by bearing on the tarsus,which is wideneil like the sole of the foot of aquadruped, and in which are found three bonessoldered together at their extremities. Theyhave a small hind toe, directed inwards, andtlieir three anterior toes are joined by an entiremembrane. These birds are found only in theantarctic seas, never going on shore except tobreed. They can only reach their nests bytrailing on their bellies. The difference in thebill authorizes their division into
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