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'366 GEOGJRAPHICAL ZOOLOaY. [part IV,
Family 122.—SPHENISCID^. (3 Genera, 18 Species.)
General Distribution.
Neotropical Nearctic Pal^arctic \ Ethiopian Oriental Adstraliak
sub-begions. sub-reoions. sub-regions. sub-regions. sub-regions. sub-regions.
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The Penguins are entirely confined to the Antarctic and South
Temperate regions, except two species which are found on the
coast of Peru and the Galapagos. They are most plentiful in
the southern parts of South America, Australia, New Zealand,
and most of the Antarctic islands, and one or two species are
found at the Cape of Good Hope. The genera as given in the
Hand List are :
Spheniscus (1 sp.). South Africa and Cape Horn ; Eudyptes (15
sp.), with the range of the family ; Aptenodytes (2 sp.), Ant-
arctic Islands.
Neotropical
Sub-regions.
Family 123.—COLYMBID^. (1 Genus, 4 Species.)
Neakctic
Sub-regions.
General Distribution.
Pal^arctio
Sub-kegions.
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Ethiopian
Sub-regions.
Oriental
Sub-regions.
Australian
Sub-regions.
The Northern Divers are confined to the Arctic and North
Temperate Seas. The only genus, Colymhus, has one species
confined to the West Coast of North America, the others .being
common to the two northern continents.
Family 124—PODICIPID^. (2 Genera, 33 Species.)