FULMAR 



FULMAR PETREL NORTHERN FULMAR PETREL FULMAR. 



PLATE CCXXX. 



fulmarus glacialis, . LINNAEUS. 



Procellaria glacialis, . PENNANT. MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



THE Fulmar builds on St. Kilda, a group of rocky islands 

 about forty miles west of the Hebrides. 

 The single egg is laid on one of the small grassy shelves 

 that occur on the front of high and inaccessible precipices. 

 Numberless pairs of these birds build close together. 



The egg is of very large size, white, and of a brittle 

 texture. 



The young are hatched about the middle of June, the 

 eggs having been laid in the beginning of that month. 



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