3G6 THE TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS — TUBINARES. 



" Glutton Bird " by the sealers, who cannot eat the egg on account of its odor. This 

 bird lays but a single egg. These birds are said to be so fearless that they congregate 

 on the carcasses of the seals that are being cut up, and rival the men in the flensing 

 process. 



Dr. Kidder did not meet with any egg of this species, but found the nest on 

 elevated ground, at the distance of half a mile from the sea. When the young were 

 first seen, January 2, there was no vestige of any artificial nest, and the nestlings 

 were nearly fledged, and as large and heavy as the adults. They were found in 

 natural hollows between mounds of Azorella. Dr. Kidder describes these birds as 

 being exceedingly filthy, ejecting the contents of their stomachs for two or three 

 feet from their bodies, with an almost unlimited supply from which to draw. When 

 disturbed they soon surrounded themselves with a puddle of vomited matters, among 

 which were noticed many Penguins' feathers. In the same neighborhood was a young 

 bird of an earlier brood, fully fledged, but still unable to fly. These data prove that 

 this Petrel is among the earliest of the birds of Kerguelen in breeding, and that it 

 is destructive of other species of birds. The down of the young bird is entirely 

 gray, and the head is partly naked. 



Genus FULMARUS, Leach. 

 Fulmarus, Leach, Stephens' Gen. Zool. XI II. 1825, 233 (type, Procellaria gladalis, Linn.). 



Char. Similar to Ossifrar/a, but imich smaller, tlie bill shorter than the tarsus, the nasal tubes 

 shorter and smaller (decidedly shorter than the maxillary unguis), the nasal septum extending 

 almost to the orifice. Tail-feathers 12-14. 



Of this genus there appears to be but a single species, which varies greatly in plumage, even in 

 the same locality. 



Fulmarus glacialis. 



a. Glacialis. THE ARCTIC FULMAR. 



Procellaria fjlacialis, Ltnx. Faun. Suec. 2d ed. 1761, 51; S. N. L 176(5, 213. — Nutt. Man. II. 

 1834, 331. —AuD. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 446; B. Am. YII. 1844, 204, pi. 355. — Lawk, in 

 Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 825. — Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 635. 



Fulmarxis glacialis, Stephens, Gen. Zool. XIII. 1826, 234, pi. 27. — Bonap. Consp. II. 1856, 187. 



— CouEs, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1866, 27 ; Key, 1872, 327 ; Check List, 1873, no. 582 ; ed. 

 2, 1882, no. 814. — Ridgw. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 705. 



Fulmarus glacialis, a. Auduhoni, Bonap. Consp. II. 1856, 187, 

 Fulmarus glacialis, b. minor, Bonap. 1. c. 



Procellaria gronlandica, GuNX. in Lcem. Fenm. Lapp. 1767, 273. 

 Procellaria minor, Kj^p.b. Danni. Fugle, 1052, 324. 

 Procellaria hiemalis, Buehm, Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 800, 



6. Glupischa. THE PACIFIC FULMAR. 



Procellaria pacifica, Aun. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 331 ; B. Am. VII. 1844, 208 (not of Gmel. 1788). 



— Lawu. in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 826. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 636. 

 Fulmarus glacialis, c. pacifica, Bonap. Consp. II. 1856, 187. 



Fubnarus glacialis, var. pacifictis, CouEs, Key, 1872, 327 ; Check List, 1873, no. 582 «. 



Fulmarus glacialis iMcific7is, Einr.w. Proc. U. S. N:it. Mus. II. 1880, 209 ; Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, 



no. 705 a. — CouEs, 2d Clieck List, 1882, no. 815. 

 Fulmurus pacificus, CouES, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1866, 28. 

 Fulmarus glacialis glupischa, Stejn. The Auk, I. No. 3, July, 1884, 234. 



