ClIAl*. XVllI.] 



DIUDS. 



3r,5 



G)j(jis (1 sp.), Indian Ocean and Tropical Pacific Islands; Anou'i 

 (6 sp.), Tropical and Temperate zones ; Nania (1 sp.), South 

 Temperate America; lihjnchops (3 sp.), Tropical America, Africa, 

 and India. 



Family 120.— PEOCELLAiniD.E. (G Genera, 96 Species.) 



GENEUAL DlSTUIBUTIUX. 



The Procellariidffi, comprising the Shearwaters, Petrels, and 

 Albatrosses, are universally distributed, but some of the genera 

 are local. 



Pnffinus (20 sp.), Procdlaria (18 sp.), and Fidmarns (40 sp.), 

 are cosmopolitan ; Prion (5 sp.) and Pelccanoidcs (3 sp.), belong 

 to the South Temperate and Antarctic regions; Diomedia (10 

 sp.), comprises the Albatrosses, which are tropical, occasionally 

 ■wandering into temperate seas. 



Famii-y 121.— PELECANID^. (6 Genera, 61 Species.) 



The Pelecanida?, comprising the Gannets, Pelicans, Darters, 

 and Frigate-Birds, although universally distributed, are more 

 abundant in tropical and temperate regions. 



Sula (8 sp.) and Phalacrocorax (35 sp.), are cosmopolitan ; 

 Pelecanus (9 sp.) is tropical and temperate ; Frcgctta (2 sp.) and 

 Phaeton (3 sp.) are confined to Tropical seas ; Ptotus (4 sp.) to 

 Tropical and warm Temperate zones. 



