THE BIRD BOOK 



[85.] Giant Fulmar. 

 gigantea 



Macronectes 



Range. — This Petrel is a native of the south- 

 ern seas and is only casually met with off the 

 Pacific coast. 



It is the largest of the family, being about 

 three feet in length, and is normally a uniform 

 sooty color, although it has light phases of 

 plumage. They nest in December on many of 

 the islands south of Africa and South America, 

 laying their single white egg on the bare rocks. 



86. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis glacialis. 



Range. — North Atlantic coasts from New 

 England northward, breeding from Hudson 

 ■ F , ,-iiTiru- Bay and southern Greenland northward. 



This bird which is 19 inches in length, in the light phase has a plumage 

 very similar to that of the larger Gulls. They nest by thousands on rocky 

 islands of the north, often in company with Murres and Gulls. Owing to the 

 filthy habits of the Fulmars, these breeding grounds always have a nauseat- 

 ing odor, which is also imparted to, and retained by the egg shell. Their 

 single white eggs are laid on the bare rocks, in crevices of the cliffs, often 

 hundreds of feet above the water. Size 2.90 x 2. Data. — St. Kilda, off Scotland. 

 June 5, 1897. Single egg laid on rock on side of sea cliff. Collector, Angus 

 Gillies. 



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