BRITISH BIRDS. 



TUBINA RES. 



PROCELLARIIDjE. 



FuLMAEUs GLACiALis (Linnasus*). 

 THE FULMAR PETREL. 



Procellaria glacialis. 



FuLMARus, Stephens-]:— 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 cutting ; those of the lower mandible shut- 

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

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

 * Procellaria glacialis, Linnwus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 213 (1766). 

 t Shaw's General Zoology, xiii pt. i. p. 233 (1825). 



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