pinwing

pinwing In all these respects it strongly resembled the penguin of the southern hemisphere, and was called by the early settlers "the pinwing" - a corruption of penguin/. on one occasion he saw over a dozen "pinwings" sitting here on a rocky ledge, but never after did he see a si...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65330
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Summary:pinwing In all these respects it strongly resembled the penguin of the southern hemisphere, and was called by the early settlers "the pinwing" - a corruption of penguin/. on one occasion he saw over a dozen "pinwings" sitting here on a rocky ledge, but never after did he see a single bird. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Lab. [Penguin Islands] [old fisherman] 8 [Rev. M. Harvey] Romance of the Great Auk from the Smithsonian Messrs Lucas and Palmer. Escape Point, the Bench letter 1887 from Collins, Seldom-Come-By 24 July Not used Not used Withdrawn