CHAP. XV11I.] 
BIRDS. 
365 
Gygis (1 sp.), Indian Ocean and Tropical Pacific Islands ; Anous 
(6 sp.), Tropical and Temperate zones ; Ncenia (1 sp.), South 
Temperate America ; Phynchojps (3 sp.), Tropical America, Africa, 
and India. 
Family 120.— PEOCELLAPJIDiE. (6 Genera, 96 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions, 
Neabctic 
Sub-regions. 
Palasarctic 
Sub-regions, 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
1 .2 . 3 . 4 
1 .2 . 3 . 4 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
1 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
1 . 2.3 4 
The Procellariidse, comprising the Shearwaters, Petrels, and 
Albatrosses, are universally distributed, but some of the genera 
are local. 
Puffinus (20 sp.), Procellaria (18 sp.), and Fulmar us (40 sp.), 
are cosmopolitan ; Prion (5 sp.) and Pelecanoides (3 sp.), belong 
to the South Temperate and Antarctic regions; Biomedia (10 
sp.), comprises the Albatrosses, which are tropical, occasionally 
wandering into temperate seas. 
Family 121. — PELECANIDAL, (6 Genera, 61 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Ne ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Pala;arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
1 .2 . 3 . 4 
j 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
1 . 2 . 3.4 
1 
1 . 2 . 3. 4 
1 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
The Pelecanidse, 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 ; Fregetta (2 sp.) and 
Phaeton (3 sp.) are confined to Tropical seas ; Ptotus (4 sp.) to 
Tropical and warm Temperate zones. 
