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THE FULMAR. 



FuLMARu.s GLACiALis (Linnccus). 



This Petrel is seldom met with near the southern and western 

 coasts of England except during the colder months, and even then 

 chiefly after tempestuous weather, when it is sometimes driven far 

 inland ; but on the fishing-grounds about thirty miles off the east 

 coast it is by no means uncommon, and, when the herring-nets 

 are being hauled, birds are sometimes taken by the hand, owing 

 to their voracity. In Ireland few examples have actually been 

 obtained, but I have seen plenty within eight hours' distance (by 

 steamer) of Lough Loyle, when going to and returning from 

 America. In Scotland the Fulmar is frequently observed in 

 winter ; it has long been known to breed in the St. Kilda group, 

 while recent evidence points to the establishment of colonies on 

 the Flannans and North Ronay ; and in the Shetlands, since 

 June 187S it has nested on Foula, where it appears to be increasing. 



In the Faroes, where the Fulmar was first noticed as a breeding- 

 species about 1839, it is now common. So far, all the birds found 



