Birds of Britain 

 BULWER'S PETREL 



Bulweria bulweri (Jardine and Selby) 



This small Petrel is a common resident in the Canaries 

 and neighbouring islands, but only one individual has 

 straggled to our shores. 



The plumage is of a uniform sooty brown ; tail wedge- 

 shaped. Bill black. Legs reddish brown. Length 11 in. ; 

 wing 8 in. 



THE FULMAR 



Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus) 



Although not very rare, this bird is seldom seen, as it 

 spends most of its time at sea in attendance on the fishing- 

 boats or on the banks where the fish abound. In Scotland 

 it nests on St. Kilda and a few of the other islands of that 

 group ; while in the Shetlands, where it was first known to 

 nest in 1878, it has now spread to several of the neighbour- 

 ing stacks. 



The nest is placed on a ledge on the face of a precipitous 

 cliff, and the single egg is pure white with a few reddish- 

 brown spots. The young are at first nourished on a 

 yellowish oil vomited by the parent birds, and large 

 numbers are annually taken in St. Kilda for the sake of 

 this oil. It may easily be distinguished from a Gull on 

 the wing by its peculiar flight and rounded wings. 



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