FULMAR PETREL. 281 



FULMAR PETREL. 



Fulmaris glacialis. 



The appearances of the Fulmar are exceedingly rare on our 

 coast. I have in my own collection a specimen which was 

 found dead on the beacli^ near Brighton^ on Oct. 7, 1852 ; 

 and Mr. Dennis told me that he obtained another^ which 

 was washed up alive on the shore under Seaford Head^ 

 December 21, 1858, and was roughly stuffed by a bricklayer. 

 This had been wounded by shot, one of its legs having been 

 shattered, but it was healed when taken. It was restuffed by 

 Mr, Pratt. The Fulmar keeps for the most part at a con- 

 siderable distance from the land. 



In the 'Zoologist^ (p. 598), another specimen is recorded 

 by me, which was found dead on the beach at Brighton, near 

 Black Rock, January 30, 1858. It was quite fresh, and had 

 evidently been recently shot. 



In the 'Zoologist' for 1887 (p. 28), Mr. F. V. Theobald 

 records a specimen picked up in an exhausted state near Rye 

 a year before, and shown to him by a bird-stufifer at St. 

 Leonards. Mr. Parkin (p. n.) has the following : — ".Fulmar 

 Petrel picked up dead on the beach between Winchelsea and 

 Fairlight. Brought to Mr. Sorell, of Hastings, for preser- 

 vation. The bird was in a very emaciated condition, and 

 seemed as if it had been starved. '^ All the specimens men- 

 tioned were obtained after heavy gales. 



In St. Kilda the Fulmar breeds in countless numbers, 

 selecting for the site of its nest places where the cliiF, al- 

 though very precipitous, is covered with grass, sorrel, and 

 other plants, and in some parts of these cliffs the ground is 

 almost white with sitting Fulmars. The bird often makes a 

 hole sufficient to half conceal it. The nests are very slight, and 



