FULMAR 311 



(once), Norfolk {ZooL, 1897, p. 131, not noticed by 

 Stevenson), Sufifolk (Southwell, Zool, 1899, p. 31), 

 Lincolnshire (Cordeaux, p. 211), Yorkshire (Clarke 

 and Roebuck, p. 86), Durham, one at Teesmouth, and 

 two off the Northumberland coast (Hancock, p. 136). 



As to its occurrence in Scottish waters, see New- 

 ton, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1900, p. 142. It was 

 observed to be abundant off Rockhall in June (Harvie- 

 Brown and Barrington, Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., 

 xxxi.), and at St. Kilda in August [Ann. Scot. Nat. 

 Hist., 1898, p. 238). Yet its breeding haunts are 

 still undiscovered. 



In Ireland the Greater Shearwater is a regular 

 visitor to Dingle Bay and the south-west coast, 

 where it has been most often observed in August 

 and September, although in one year many remained 

 in Dingle Bay from September until the beginning 

 of November [Proc. Duhl. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1855, 

 p. 83). This Shearwater's mode of fishing, as de- 

 scribed by Mr. R. Warren, is characteristic : "While 

 in full flight close along the surface, and without 

 the slightest pause, they dash into the water with a 

 splash, and disappear for some moments, reappear- 

 ing a few yards farther on. This they continue to do 

 while beating to and fro over the spot where the fish 

 were, like sporting dogs quartering a field for game." 



FULMAR. Fulmarus glacialis (Linnseus). PI. 35, tig. 1. 

 Length, 18-5 in. ; bill, 2 in. ; wing, 13-25 in. ; tarsus, 2 in. 



Breeds in the Outer Hebrides, and notably at 

 St. Kilda, on Borera and Soa, formerly also on the 



