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ORDER Vni.— PROCELLARIIFORMES, TUBINARES, 
TUBB-NOSEl) SUMMERS. 
F. 27. PROCELLARIIDAE (5), STORM - PETRELS, 
MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS, 25 sp— 10(3)A., 
2(0)0., 10(0)P., 7(0)E., 13(4)Nc., 13(3)N1. 
2 35 Wilson Storm-Petrel (Yellow - webbed, Flat - clawed ) , 
3 Oceanites oceanica, S. Polar regions N. to British Is. 
(ace), Labrador (ace), India, A., N.Z. c. ocean 6.8 
Blackish; base tail above below white; legs black; webs 
yellow; f., sim. Shellfish, small fish, greasy. 
During the interest aroused by Peary's expedition to the North 
Pole, an Illustrated weekly paper published a cartoon, 'which 
showed the American Eagle sitting on the North Pole and 
reading a proclamation to an audience of Penguins. One thing 
is unfortunate about this — Penguins are unknown in the Northern 
Hemisphere. Indeed, they support the geographer in his con- 
tention that, while the Pacific Ocean is very ancient, the Atlantic 
Ocean has been formed much more recently, for Penguins are 
found up the Pacific even to the Galapagos Is. on the Equator, 
but have not spread into the Atlantic Ocean beyond Tristan da 
Cunha, at the extreme South. 
Order VIII. includes the true ocean birds — those wanderers seen 
far from any land by ocean travellers. Indeed, many of them 
do not go near land except to breed. Then they usually repair 
to small lonely islands often with bold precipitous shores. 
