FULMAR PETREL. 



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NAT AT ORES. 



LARIDJF.. 



THE FULMAR PETREL. 



Procellaria glacialis. Fulmar Petrel, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 203. 



The Fulmar, Mont. Ornilh. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 256. 



Fulmar Petrel, Flem. Brit. An. p. 135. 



,, „ Seley, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 523. 



Northern Fulmar, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 284. 



Fulmar Petrel, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



Petrel Fulmar, Temm. Man. d'Ornilh, vol. ii. p. 802. 

 .. ,, ,, ,, ,, vol. iv. p. 505. 



Procellaria. Generic Characters. — 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 promi- 

 nent angle beneath ; the edges of both mandibles sharp and cutting ; those 



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