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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 265

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peat-ed several times,the entire perform-ance lasting for aperiod of nearly a chips. i quarter of an hour. When it ends, possibly from the food-supply havingbecome exhausted, the mother-bird leaves the littleglutton to itself and scuttles off seaward, to replen-ish her throat-larder with a fresh… … * Aptetlodytes Patcichonka. This singular bird has been christened Jack-ass penguin by sailors, on account of its curious note,which bears an odd resemblance to the bray of an ass. King penguin is another of its names, from its superior size : as it is the largest ofthe auk. or penguin family.…

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