. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 486 PEOCBLLARIID^ DAPTION Distribution.—This, one of the most abundant and well known of all the Petrels, is spread over the whole of the Southern "Ocean, reaching the Antarctic Ice Pack, where many examples were recently procured by the "Southern Cross" Expedition; its usual northerly limit is about the southern Tropic, but it has frequently been recorded from further north, even as far as the coasts of the United States and of the British Islands in the Atlantic, and the Ceylon coast in the Indian FiQ. 150.—DapHon capensis. The Cape
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 486 PEOCBLLARIID^ DAPTION Distribution.—This, one of the most abundant and well known of all the Petrels, is spread over the whole of the Southern "Ocean, reaching the Antarctic Ice Pack, where many examples were recently procured by the "Southern Cross" Expedition; its usual northerly limit is about the southern Tropic, but it has frequently been recorded from further north, even as far as the coasts of the United States and of the British Islands in the Atlantic, and the Ceylon coast in the Indian FiQ. 150.—DapHon capensis. The Cape Pigeon is one of the commonest of the Petrels found in the Cape seas. It can be seen in Table Bay especially during the winter months, frona April to November, but during the summer it departs southwards to breed. It occurs on the west coast up to the Great Fish Bay, and has been obtained at Mossamedes and Bengo Bay near St. Paul de Loando in Angola. To the east of Table Bay the Cape Pigeon is apparently a good deal less plentiful; both Eickard and Brown state that it is very rarely seen in Algoa Bay, and I have not heard of its occurrence off East London or Durban, though Capt. Sperling states that he has traced it up to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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