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TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS Order Tubinares 



SHEARWATERS Family Procellaridze 



FULMAR 



86. Fulmarus glacialis. 19 in. 



Bill short and stout, compared to that of the shear- 

 waters, strongly hooked at the tip and with the nostrils 

 opening out of a single tube, prominently located on the 

 top of the bill. They have two color phases, the light 

 I one being gull-like, but the tail is gray like the mantle; 

 eyes brown; bill and feet yellowish. In the dark phase 

 they are uniformly gray above and below. These plum- 

 ages appear to be independent of sex or age. They are 

 extremely abundant at some of their breeding grounds 

 in the far north. The birds are constant companions 

 of the whalers, and feed largely upon blubber that is 

 thrown overboard. 



Nest. Their single white eggs are laid upon bare 

 ledges of sea cliffs. (2.90x2.00). 



Range. Breeds in the North Atlantic and Arctic 

 Oceans from Labrador and northern Scotland north- 

 ward; winters south regularly. 



