penguins
penguin n . . . a number of Birds are about the ship which the seamen call Penguins[S]19[S] [auks] Gulls Shearwaters one species of them _with sharpe_ tails [unident.] Puffins & Sea Pigeons . . . [S]19[S] There are no true penguins in the northern hemisphere but this name was originally (1536) a...
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66496 |
| Summary: | penguin n . . . a number of Birds are about the ship which the seamen call Penguins[S]19[S] [auks] Gulls Shearwaters one species of them _with sharpe_ tails [unident.] Puffins & Sea Pigeons . . . [S]19[S] There are no true penguins in the northern hemisphere but this name was originally (1536) applied to the Greak Auk in the vicinity of Newfoundland (Newton 1893-6:703-4), and sometimes to its smaller relatives. The French still use the word 'pingouin' for an auk and 'manchot' for a penguin. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit [Newton is a dictionary of birds. WK] G.M. Story OCT 1971 JH OCT 1971 Used I and Sup Used I Used I pinwing Source listed in DNE as BANKS 119 |
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