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FULMAR. 



FULMAR PETREL. NORTHERN FULMAR. PETREL FULMAR. 



PLATE CCXXX. 

 Procellaria glacialis, . . Pennant. Montagu. Bewick. 



The Fulmar builds on the small grassy shelves that 

 occur on the front of high and inaccessible precipices, 

 the result of the dilapidations that time works in even 

 the hardest rock. Numberless pairs of these birds build 

 close together. 



A slight hollow in the turf, lined with grass and 

 tufts of the sea-pink, form the nest. 



The single egg is of very large size, white, and of 

 a brittle texture. 



The young are hatched about the middle of June, the 

 eggs having been laid the beginning of that month. 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram obtained this egg from Ice- 

 land, and has obligingly given me the use of it for 

 this work. 



