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FULMAR. 
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 
the eggs having been laid the beginning of that month. 
Male; weight, about twenty-two ounces; length about one 
foot seven inches; bill, whitish on the sides, the upper part 
of the upper mandible greyish white, the tip of the lower 
one yellowish: it is much and strongly hooked, and also 
toothed; iris, pale yellow. Head, crown, and neck, white; 
nape, greyish; chin, throat, and breast, white, with a tinge 
of pink; back, bluish grey. 
Greater and lesser wing coverts, fine bluish grey; primaries, 
slate grey; secondaries and tertiaries, fine bluish grey; greater 
and lesser under wing coverts, white. Tail, grey, with white 
edges to the feathers, rounded at the end, which is paler: 
tail coverts, white, and reaching beyond the end of the tail. 
Legs and toes, brownish yellow, tinged with red; the hind 
toe is very short; claws, slender, curved, and pointed; webs, 
brownish yellow. 
The young in the second year have the tip of the bill 
yellowish, the remainder greyish; iris, pale dusky; there is 
a dark spot before it. Head, crown, neck, and nape, greyish 
brown, the edges of the feathers lighter-coloured; back, darker 
greyish brown, the edges of the feathers paler. Primaries, 
secondaries, and tertiaries, greyish brown. Tail, greyish brown, 
the edges of the feathers paler. Legs and toes, pale brownish 
or grfeyish yellow j webs, pale brown. 
