THK M-.KTl'LAKIDjE. 



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1i,iii/i'Hji/iii;ll ilixtrilmtioli "/ . I in, firiln S, ft ill n fill .' ( 'out illlli'i 1. 



1 Srtinli Ainrricji. 



On iiiTdiini df the very marked ditlVrtMicc lirtwi'cn the distrilxitioii of the Sertularidse and 

 Iliat of the Pluniiilarida', it >eems lie>l to ado]>t a ditl'erent elassilication of geographical reo-jons 

 from that presented in the first part of fhi- \voi-k.' The two u-roiips liave entirely different 

 eenteis of (1 1st ri I nit ion. and the Plumularidee ai'e almost wanting in regions where the Sertnlaridie 

 are most abundant. 1 have therefore adopted for the hitter family the following reu-ioiiv 



CANAIUAN. -To include the North American coast region from Kastport. Maine, to the 

 Arctic ('ircle. or the south end of < Jreenland. 



NOIJTII A'l'l.ANTlc. From Kastport. Maine, to Charleston, South Carolina. 



AVEST INDIAN, [ncluding region south of Charleston, the (iull'of Mexico, Caribbean Sea. 

 North coast of South America to P>raxil. 



UKA/.II.IAN. From Northern lira/il to Soutlieni Argentina. 



l'ATA(iHM\s. Southern A i-jfent i na. I'atayonia, Terra del Fneffo. Falkland 1-lands. and 

 Southern Chile. 



ARCTIC. All north of Arctic Circle in general. lut including- the White Sea of Russia. 



ALASKAN. From Boring Straits -outh to ami including I'liyet Sound.' 



( 'AIJI'I H;M \\. From 1'ii^ct Sound to and including; ^Icxico. 



Snfrii PACIFIC. South of Mexico to the 1'atau'onian region as here dcfiiu'd. 



SCANDIXAVIAX. Including I)enmark. Sweden and Norxvay to the Arctic ('ircle. 



BRITISH. Including the British I-lainU and Helgoland. 



CIINTINF.XTAI.. Including- the coast* of Belgium. France, and Atlantic coast of Spain. 



1 Aincririui llvilniiils. I'art !. Tin- Plumalaridae, VVzi^liin-itiin, isdii, \\. \\\. 



*Ree llyilniiils t'r AI;i-U;i ami 1'iiu'ct Snini.l. ( '. I'. Xiittinjt, I'nifcriliiii.'s t'. S. Nalimuil Mii>ciiin. NX I. 



p. 74L'; iilsn I'aprrs I'nnii the Harrinmu Alaska Expedition, The 1 1 \ ilmi.ls, I'nu-ee. liirj- \Va-liiiintini Ai-aileiny "1 

 Seieiires, III, I!MI|, pp. l.iS tn Hi'.'. 



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