250 FULMAR. 



lated at the base, tip distinct compressed, 

 hooked ; mandible laterally furrowed, tip dis- 

 tinct, angulated, compressed, fitting into the 

 dertrum, tomia of both sharp ; nostrils tubular, 

 combined in a strong elevated sheath, opening by 

 a single orifice ; wings accuminated, first quill 

 longest ; feet not large, toes slender, outer 

 slightly longer than the centre, claws slightly 

 falcate, tarsi short, slender. 



Types. P. glacialis. Northern Europe, Arctic 

 America. 



Note. Habits maritime ; breed on rocks ; diur- 

 nal. 



THE FULMAR. 



Proccllaria glacialis. 



PLATE XXIX. 



Proccllaria glacialis, Linn. Petrel fulmar, Temm. The Ful- 

 mar, or Fulmar Petrel of British authors. 



THE Fulmar is an accidental winter visitant to the 

 more southern shores of England ; but we are not 

 aware of recent specimens having been obtained at 

 that season northward, or along the Scottish shores, 



