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GEOGJRAPHICAL ZOOLOaY. 



[part IV, 



Family 122.— SPHENISCID^. (3 Genera, 18 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical Nearctic Pal^arctic \ Ethiopian Oriental Adstraliak 



sub-begions. sub-reoions. sub-regions. sub-regions. sub-regions. sub-regions. 



1.2 



The Penguins are entirely confined to the Antarctic and South 

 Temperate regions, except two species which are found on the 

 coast of Peru and the Galapagos. They are most plentiful in 

 the southern parts of South America, Australia, New Zealand, 

 and most of the Antarctic islands, and one or two species are 

 found at the Cape of Good Hope. The genera as given in the 

 Hand List are : — 



Spheniscus (1 sp.). South Africa and Cape Horn ; Eudyptes (15 

 sp.), with the range of the family ; Aptenodytes (2 sp.), Ant- 

 arctic Islands. 



Family 123.— COLYMBID^. (1 Genus, 4 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Neakctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal^arctio 

 Sub-kegions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



3.4 



The Northern Divers are confined to the Arctic and North 

 Temperate Seas. The only genus, Colymhus, has one species 

 confined to the West Coast of North America, the others .being 

 common to the two northern continents. 



Family 124— PODICIPID^. (2 Genera, 33 Species.) 



