212 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 (Proceliaria pelagica) or Mother 
Carey’s chickens ( Oceunttes 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 
Fie. 122.—White pelicans (P. erythrorhynchus) and whooping-crane (Grus ameri- 
cana). Photograph by W. K. Fisuer. 
usually abundant along the seashore and in many sections 
of the United States. The cormorants or shags are glossy 
