BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Chamar, Malay (generic). This is of verv 

 general distribution, over the temperate aii'.l 

 warmer parts of the ocean. Common in the 

 Indian seas. 



A. tenuirostris (Gould's B. A. Vol. VII. pi. 

 36). 



SyN. Sterna tenuirostri«, Terarainck, 

 A. leucocapillus, Gould, 



Inhabits coasts of Africa ; Indian Ocean ; 

 Australian seas. 



Fam. PEOCELLARIDiE. 



Genus DIOMEDEA, L. 



D. exulans. L. (Gould's B. A. Vol. VII. pi. 

 38). 



Syn. Plautus albatrus, Klein.' 

 Inhabits S. Ocean. 



Z). melanophrys, Temminck (Gould's B. A' 

 Vol. VII. pi. 43). Inhabits S. Ocean. 



D. chlororliynchos, Latham (Gould's B. 

 Vol. VII. pi. 42). 



SYN. D. clirysostoma. Forster. 

 Inhabits S. Ocean. 



B. fuliginosa, Gmelin (Gould, B: A. Vol. 

 VII. pi. 44). 



Syn. D. palpebrata, Forster. 

 D. antarctica, Banks. 

 D. fusca, Audubon. 



Inhabits Southern Ocean, 



Genus PllOCELLARIA, L. 



Pr. gigiintea, Gmelin (Gould's B. A. Vol. 

 VII pi. 45). Inhabits Southern Ocean. 



Pr. glacialoiiles, A. Smith (Gould's B. A, 

 Vol. VII. pi. 48). 



Syn. Pr. tonuiiostris, Audubon. 



inhabits S. Ocean. 



Pr. Cooldi, G. E. Gray (Gould's B. A. Vol. 

 VII, pi. 51). 



Syn. Pr. velox, Solan der, MS. 

 Pr. leucoptera, Gould. 



Inhabits Southern Ocean. 



Pr. hi7'hir, Solander (Gould's B. A. Vol. 

 VII. pi. 54). Inhabits S. Ocean. 



Genus PRION, Lacepede. 



Pr. vlttatus (GqmWs B. A. Vol- VII, p], 55). 



Syn. Procellaria vittata, Forster, 

 Pr. Forsteri, Latham. 



Inhabits Southern Ocean. 



Genus PELICANOIDES, Lacepede. 



P. urinatrix, (Gould's B. A. Vol. VII. pi. 

 60). 



Syn. Procellaria urinatrix, Latham. . 

 Pr. fridactyla, Forster. 

 Puffinaria Garuottii, Lesson. 



Inhabits S. Ocean ; Bay of Bengal (apud 

 Sundevall). 



Gejius PUEFINUS, Brisson. 



P. majo?^, Faber (PL Enl. 962; A. Smith, 

 8. Afr. Zool,, Aves, pi. 56). 



Syn. Procellaria puffinus, L. 

 Pr. grisea, Gmelin. 

 P. fuliginosus, Strickland. 

 P. cinereus, A. Smith. 



Inhabits Atlantic ; Mediterranean ; S. Ocean. 



Genus THALASSIDROMA, Vigors. 



Th. ocea7iica, Kuhl (Gould's B. A. Vol. VII, 

 pi. 65). 



Syn. Th. Wilsonii, Bonaparte. 



Procellaria pelagica, apud Wilson. 



Inhabits N. and S. ^Oceans. 



Tribe TOTIPALMATL 

 Fam. PELICANIDiE. . 



Genus PHAETON, L. 



Plb. cetJiei-eus, L. (the young ; Gould's B A, 

 Vol. Vn. pi. 73). 



SYN. Ph. plioeuicurus, Gmelin ^the adult). 



Inhabits Bay of Bengal ; Indian Ocean ; S. 

 Seas, &c. 



Ph. cancUdus {PL EnL 369 ; Edwards, pL 

 1 49, f. 2). 



Syn. Lepturus candidus, Brisson. 



Ph. melauorhynchos, Gmelin (the young). 



Inhabits Bay of Bengal ; Indian Ocean ; S. 

 Seas, 8ic. 



Genus SULA, Brisson. 



S. aier (Gould's B. A. Vol. VTI. pi. 78). 



Syn. Pelicanus flber et P. sula, L. 

 S. australis, Stephens. 

 S, braziliensis, Spix. 



Inhabits Tropical Seas. Common in Bay of 

 Bengal. 



S. piscator (Gould's B. A. Vol. VII. pi. 79).' 



Syn. Pelicanus piscator, L. 

 S. Candida, Stephens. 

 S, erytlirorhyncha, Brandt, 

 S. rubripes, Gould. 



Inhabits Tropical Seas. Common in Bay of 

 ngal, &c. 



Genus PELICANUS, L. 



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