Family — Species Period Authority 



Procellariidae 



Fulmarus glacialis — Fulmar "about a montH" 1 



Fulmarus glacialis — Fulmar 50 to 60 days 12 



Puffinus tenuirostris — Short-tailed Petrel 



(Mutton Bird) 56 days 14 



Procellaria pelagica — Storm Petrel .. 24 to 25 days 1 



Procellaria pelagica — ^Uccello del tempests 36 days 12 



Storm Petrel (in incubator) 35 days 2 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa — ^Leache's Petrel 



30 (?) days 3 



Phaethontidae 



Phaethon americanus — Yellow-billed Trop- 

 ic Bird 28 days 3 



Yellow-billed Tropic Bird (at least) 28 days 26 



Yellow-billed Tropic Bird (in incubator) .28 days 27 

 Pelecanidae 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchos — ^White Peli- 

 can 29 to 30 days 3 



White Pelican 29 days 30 



Pelecanus onocrotalus — Pelikan 36 to 38 days 9 



Pelecanus occidentalis — Brown Pelican ... 28 days 3 



Pelican "said to be 49 days" 28 



Pelican (Sp?) , 30 days 1 



Phalacrocoracidae 



Phalacrocorax carbo — Cormorant .... 28 to 29 days 1 



Phalacrocorax carbo — Kormoran 28 days 9 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus pelagicus — Pela- 

 gic Cormorant (Est. by W.H.B.) 26 days 21 



Phalacrocorax urile — Red-faced Cormo- 

 rant 21 days 3 



Phalacrocorax Sp. ? — Cormorant 28 days 28 



Sulidae 



Sula piscator — ^Eed-legged Gannet 45 days 14 



Sula bassana — Gannet. 39 days 3 



Sula bassana — Gannet 39 days 1 



Gannet (38 to 44 days) usual is 42 days 28 



Gannets 39 days 25 



Sula serrator — Australian Sula 



"supposed to last only 33 days" 29 



Gannet "about 33 days" 14 



Ardeidae 



Botaurus lentiginosus — Bittern 28 days 3 



American Bittern (at least) 4 weeks 39 



Ixobrychus exilis— Least Bittern 



; . . . (estimated) 17 days 40 



Botaurus stellaris — Bittern 23 days 1 



Ardetta Minuta — ^Little Bittern 16 or 17 days 1 



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