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 | | They are: (I) Aptenodytes, easily recognized by its long and thin bill, slightly decurved, from wh4ch Pygoscelis, as M. Watson has shown, is hardly distinguishable; (2) Eudyptes, in which the bill is much shorter and rather broad; and (3) Spheniscus, in which the shortish bill is compressed and the maxilla ends in a conspicuous hook. |
 | | Three others belong also to this genus, if Pygoscelis be not recognized, but they seem not to require any particular remark. |
 | | Eudyptes, containing the crested penguins, known to sailors as Rock-hoppers or Macaronis, would appear to have five species, and Spheniscus four, among which S. mendiculus, which occurs in the Galapagos, and therefore has the most northerly range of the whole group, alone needs notice here. |
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