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the British coast-lands, except in those districts adjacent 
to its breeding-haunts. It apparently does not frequent the 
waters which separate Great Britain from Ireland; even 
in tempestuous weather I have not noticed it in mid-channel 
in the Irish Sea. On the east side of England, however, it 
has been met with some thirty miles off the coast, especially 
near the fishing-grounds (Saunders). 
Mr. Harting, in his ‘ Handbook of British Birds,’ 1901, 
states that at least fifteen specimens have been obtained off 
Yarmouth, between October, 1878, and December, 1885 
(Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc., iv, 1886, p. 223). 
Off the Scottish coast, this bird is frequently seen, 
particularly about the North and North-west, where its 
breeding-haunts are at no great distance. 
It is of rare occurrence round the Atlantic-facing shores 
of Ireland, and while, as Mr. Ussher points out, Mr. Warren 
has obtained several specimens off the coasts of Mayo and 
Sligo, the majority were water-logged and had been washed 
ashore dead, so that it is difficult to say at what distance 
from land they died. 
In addition, the Fulmar has also been recorded from the 
following counties :—Donegal, Londonderry, Antrim, Dublin, 
Cork and Kerry. Moreover, there are exceptional instances 
of its having been shot or taken alive at no great distance 
from the coast (Thompson). 
On August 10th, 1906, I observed this species about 
seven miles off the coast of Antrim, while later in the day 
when some eighty miles farther out, it was plentiful; in 
Trans-Atlantic voyages I have found it to be the most 
constant of oceanic birds in attendance on ships. 
Fulmars may be seen to advantage from the deck of a 
steamer by taking up one’s position about midship, and 
keeping a steady look-out to sea through a powerful binocu- 
lar. As the birds glide backwards and forwards alongside 
the vessel, they constantly come into view, while a single 
individual, indulging in a series of circling manceuvres, may 
be kept for a considerable time within the field of vision.! 
Not only have I been able to follow closely the general 
movements, but in many cases have distinguished the form 
of offal or other food picked up. 
Flight.—For the most part the flight is not unlike 
1 A prism-binocular with a wide field of vision is essential for this 
method of observation. 
