FULMAR. 165 



FULMAR. 



FULMAR PETREL. NORTHERN FULMAR. PETREL FULMAR. 



PLATE CCXXX. 

 Procellaria glacialis, PENNANT. MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



rTIHE Fulmar builds on the small grassy shelves that 

 -*- occur on the front of high and inaccessible pre- 

 cipices, the result of 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, forms 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 eggs having been laid the beginning of that month. 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram obtained this egg from 

 Iceland, and has obligingly given me the use of it 

 for this work. 



