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1858 (H. Stevenson, Zoologist, 1858, p. 6096; P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 421). It is of general oceanic range. 



[Genus DAPTION, Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 239 (1825). 



Daptwn, from dairTtoI tear and devour. 



Daption capense. CAPE PIGEON. 

 Procellaria capensis, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 213 (1766) . 



Capense = of the Cape (of Good Hope). 



One is said to have been shot near Dublin, Oct. 20, 1881 

 (A. G. More, 'Ibis/ 1882, p. 346). The bird has occurred 

 three times in France. It inhabits the oceans of the southern 

 hemisphere.] 



Genus FULMARUS, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. 

 pt. 1, p. 233 (1826). 



Fulmarus, latinized from Fulmar, akin to Foumart = a polecat, and meaning 

 "foul marten;" cf. French putois (from putidus = fetid), Q-erm. Stinkmarder ; 

 from the foul odour of the bird. The derivation from fulix maris = Sea-coot, 

 is a mere guess. 



Fulmarus glacialis. FULMAK. 



Procellaria glacialis, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 213 

 (1766). 



Procellaria glacialis, Naum. x. p. 589; Hewitson, p. 512; 



Gray, p. 226; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 619; id. ed. 3, iii. 



p. 638; Gould, v. pi. 82. 

 Fulmarus glacialis, Macg. v. p. 429; Harting, p. 79; Dresser, 



viii. p. 535. 

 The Fulmar Petrel, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 497. 



G-lacwlis living among the ice, glades. 



Breeds on some of the western islands of Scotland and on 

 one of the Shetlands, but is a rare winter and storm-driven 

 visitor to the rest of the British coasts. It inhabits the 

 Arctic and Subarctic regions of the North Atlantic. 



