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NESTS AND EGGS OF 



This subspecies occurs as far north on the American side as the coast of New 

 :i smaller race than the typical F. 



86b. PACIFIC FULMAR. l-'nlin<irnx i/lar'uilix ultiinwliu (Stejn.) Geog. Dist. 

 North outh on the American coast to Mexico. 



This race is also known in light and dark phases of plumage. Dr. Leon hard 

 Stejneger found it breeding in enormous numbers in suitable places on the islands 

 s-:i off the coast of Kamtschatka. Their rookeries were in high and steep 

 rocky bluffs and promontories, rising out of the sea 300 to 800 feet. Dr. Stejneger 

 says: "I have spent hours under their rookeries listening to their whining void- and 

 watching their high and elegant flight in sailing out and in and around the cracked 

 bees at an immense bee-hive." The egg is single and pure white. Five 

 eggs Island. July 12th and 13th, exhibit the following dimen- 



sions: 75 by 4'.- 18.5, 71.5 by 61, 68 by 50, 71.5 by 48.6 inn.. These eggs all 



the dark phase of birds. 



86c. RODGER'S FULMAR. 1'nliiKinix tiltii-'nilin rmlnn-sii (Cass.) Geog. Dist. 



similar to the preceding, but there is no dark phase known. 



.olson says: "All of the Bering Sea islands IT shore and north of the 



: by these Fulmars during the br Mr. 



f found them breeding upon the Fur Seal Islands and says that they are the 



only species of the petrel kind found about this group. They reach these islands 



In the season and repair to the cliffs, especially on the south and east 



shores of St. George's Island, when selecting some rocky shelf on the faro of the 



rliff. safe from all enemies except man, thoy deposit a single egg upon the bare rock 



d at once with the incubation. They a ! to their eggs, and 



n be pelted to death with stones before they will 



' their rhargo. The eggs are laid by the 1st to the 5th of June, and measure 

 abou 1 white; the shell is rather rough and tlie egg is 



can- "iut-d at one end than the other. 



**1.95 by ' v 1.90, 2.8o by :.>. t7 by 1.96, 2.85 by 1.90. 



