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TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. 



This species occurs along the Pacific coast of South America, and in the West 

 Indies, though it has not — so far as I am aware — been taken within our waters. 

 It occurs, however, in the vicinity of Cape St. Lucas, and is therefore entitled to a 

 place in the present work. ]\Ir. Xantus found it on the coast of ]\lichoacan. Colonel 



Grayson met with it in the Gulf of California, and also far out at sea, and he subse- 

 quently found it breeding on Isabella Island, near San Bias, where he obtained its 

 eggs (National Museum, No. 15513). Their ground-color is a creamy white, with a 

 purplish tinge, minutely sprinkled with dots of neutral tint and claret brown. Three 

 specimens gave the following measurements : 2.35 by 1.55 inches ; 2.40 by 1.70 ; 2.30 

 by 1.70. 









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