riic Petrels. 



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The Capped Petrel. 



The Fulmar 



whatever scraps it can pick up, and it is thus a frequent attendant on whaling-ships. 

 The^ single white egj; is laid in a crevice or on the shelf of a rock, or sometimes 

 in an excavation in the grassy turf. The egg is about two-and-three-quarter 

 inches in lens;th. or from ihat to three inches. 



THE 

 CAPE FULMAR. 

 [f^nj^iiun L'npcnsis.) 



A single specimen of this tropical species has been recorded 

 from Ire- 

 land, but 

 it is said 

 ti) have been captured on 

 three occasions off the coast 

 of France. It is principally 

 known as an inhabitant of 

 the Southern Ocean, where 

 it is very common. It re- 

 sorts to rocky islands to 

 breed, and la}s its egg on 

 the ledges of cliffs, but the 

 egg has not yet been de- 

 scribed: it IS doubtless white. 

 The species is easil}' recog- 

 nised b}' its black and white spotted plumage. 



The Shearwaters show no lamella: on the side of the 

 THE GKEAl palate, and they form a distinct Sub-family from the Ful- 



mars, from which they also differ in their longer and more 

 slender bills. The Great Shearwater is a brown bird with 



The Cape Fulmar. 



SHEARWATER. 

 (Pujfmus gravis.) 



