TLIUNAiaiS-PUFFINID.K 245 



BULWERIA. 



Tail wedge-shaped, 12 feathers; nasal tubes fleshy 

 at the end, openings separate and directed forwards and 

 u[) wards. 



Bulweria bul-weri bulweri (Jardinc and Sclby). 



^ 9 Sooty brown throughout, greyish on chin, throat, and 

 greater wing coverts. liill black. Legs and feet greyish, except 

 outer toe, which is black like webs. Wing 198-207. Tarsus 

 27-29 (H.). Bill 22. 



Breeds. — Madeira, Desertas, Porto Santo, Salvage Islands, 

 Canary Islands, Azores, and in several places in N. Pacific 

 Ocean. Is a rare visitor to W. European Coasts ; obtained five 

 times in England and once on Greenland Coast. 



FULMARUS. 

 Tail 14 feathers; bill strong, broad; nasal tube high 

 more than }. length of bill; at base of bill below, a triangular 

 naked patch. 



Pulmarus glacialis glacialis (L.). Fulmar. Ger. 



Eissturmvogcl ; Swed. Stormfagel. 



^ 9 Appearance Gull-like. Above bluish grey, head, neck, 

 and underparts white. Bill at base above greyish green, remainder 

 yellowish, nasal tube olive green. Legs and feet greyish flesh. 

 Wing 320-342. Tarsus 50-55. Bill 35-43. 



Breeds. — Franz Joseph Land, Spitzbergen, Jan Mayen, Bear 

 Island, Greenland and Arctic America, Iceland, Faroes, N. Coast 

 of Ireland, Coasts and Islands of Scotland, Yorkshire Coast. 

 Occurs outside breeding season in N. Atlantic and off W. Coast 

 of Europe. 



Dimorphic forms occur, of various shades of bluish grey, both 

 above and below. These predominate in Arctic Ocean, from 

 74° N. and in Greenland and Arctic America, becoming rare 

 in more southern latitudes, but occasionally occur on Scottish 

 Coasts. 



