THE PACIFIC FULMAR. 865 



of the Straits. According to Fannin, the Shurt-tailed Albatross is "t(jlerably 

 common on both coasts of \'anc(.Hiver Island, but more abundant vn the West 

 Coast"; and he adds. "A few ha\e been taken in the straits off \'ict(jria 

 Harbor." 



Because of its pelagic habits and its remote breeding hainits little has 

 been made available with reference to this species, so we may be permitted to 

 present for comparison these words upon a better known species, the Wander- 

 ing Albatross (D. cviilaiis) : "With outstretched motionless wings he sails 

 over the surface of the sea, now rising high in the air, now with a bold sweep 

 and wings inclined at an angle with the horizon, descending until the tip of 

 the lower one almost touches the crests of the wa\'es as he skims ii\-er them. 

 Suddenly he sees something floating on the w^ater and prepares to alight : but 

 how changed he is now from the noble bird but a moment before all grace and 

 symmetry. He raises his wings, his head g'jes back, and his back goes in; 

 down drop two enormous webbed feet straddled out to their full extent, and 

 with a hoarse croak, between the cry of a Raven and that of a sheep, he falls 

 'souse' into the water. Here he is at home again, breasting the wa\es like 

 a cork. Presenth' he stretches out his neck, and with great exertion of his 

 wings runs along the water for se\'enty nr eighty }ards until at last, ha\'ing 

 got sufficient impetus, he tucks u]) his legs and is once more fairly launched 

 into the air."^ 



This inabilit\' to rise from a level surface, which is common t<i all the 

 Albatrosses, is often taken ach'antage of b_\- sailurs wlm catch the birds by 

 means of triangular pieces of tin baited with pork. Unable to disengage the 

 tin frcim the angles of the beak, the struggling gooney is landed on board 

 ship; and once there, escape is iinpossible without a greater running start than 

 tlie ortlinar\- deck aft'ords. 



No. 349. 



PACIFIC FULMAR. 



A. C). L'. No. 86 b. Fulmarus glacialis glupischa Stejn. 



Synonyms. — Glupiscii (Russian name). Molly M,\wk. 



Description. — .-Idiilt. iujht ['liasr: Head and neck all around and underparts 

 white; remaining upperjiarts ashy gray, darkening on C|uills. Adult, dark f^hcisc, 

 and hnuiaturc: Entire pUnnage sooty plumbeous. Bill yellow, tinged with green- 

 ish ; feet yellowish gra\'. Dcnciiy \ouiig: White. Length: 17.OO-19.OO (431.8- 

 482.6) ; wing about 12.00 (304.8) ; bill 1.55 (39.4). depth at base .70 (17.8). 



Recognition Marks. — Crow size but more naturally comparable to gull ; ashy 



a. Hutton: Ibis. 1865. p. 281. 



