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ANIMAL FORMS 



seas, rarely coming ashore except at the breeding-season. 

 Some species of the former are abundant off our shores? 

 especially the stormy petrel (Procellaria pelagica) or Mother 

 Carey's chickens ( Oceanites oceanicus), which are often seen 

 winging their tireless flight in the wake of ocean vessels. 

 Among the dozen or so albatrosses few reach our shores. 

 The wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), celebrated in 

 story and as the largest sea-bird (fourteen feet between the 

 tips of its outstretched wings), is an inhabitant of the 

 southern hemisphere, and only rarely extends its journeys 

 to more northern regions. 



199. Cormorants and pelicans (Steganopodes). The cor- 

 morants and pelicans are comparatively large water-birds 



FIG. 122. White pelicans (P. erythrorhynchus) and whooping-crane (Grus ameri- 

 cana). Photograph by W. K. FISHER. 



usually abundant along the seashore and in many sections 

 of the United States. The cormorants or shags are glossy 



