Order TUBINARES. 

 Family PROCELLARIID^J. 



FULMAR. 

 86. Fnlmants glacialis glacialis. 19 in. 



Bill short and stout; nostrils united in a 

 tube on top. Plumage gull-like but the tail 

 is gray, like the back. Also has a dark 

 phase in which the plumage is uniform dark 

 gray. 



Nest. Their single white eggs are laid on 

 bare ledges of sea cliffs. 

 . . Range. Breeds in Arctic regions. Win- 

 ters south to Mass. 



CORY SHEARWATER. 

 88. PuMnus borealis. 21 in. 



Dark gray above, lighter on the head; 

 white below. Bill yellowish, which easily 

 distinguishes this species from the next at 

 a distance. 



Range. Nesting habits and breeding range 



unknown but supposed to be in Antarctic 



regions. Occurs in summer casually off the 



coasts of Mass., R. I. and Long Island. 



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