BRITISH BIRDS. 



TV BIN ARES. 



PROCELLARIID^E. 



FuLMARUs GLACiALis (Liniifeus*). 



THE FULMAR PETREL. 



Procellaria (jlacialis. 



FuLMARus, Stepliens-\ . — Beak not so long as the head; the upper mandible 

 composed of four portions, divided by lines, or indentations ; the whole together 

 large and strong, curving suddenly towards the point ; the under mandible 

 grooved along each side, bent at the end, with a prominent angle beneath ; the 

 edges of both mandibles sharp and catting ; those of the lower mandible shut- 

 ting just within those above. Nostrils prominent along the upper ridge of the 

 npper mandible, but united, enclosed, and somewhat hidden within a tube 



* Procellaria glacialis, Linnteus, Syst. Nat. YA. 12, i. p. 213 (1760). 

 t Shaw's General Zoology, xiii pt. i. p. 2-33 (1825). 

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