BRITISH BIRDS. 225 



THE FULMAR. 



MALLEMOKE. 



(Proccllaria fa-lac i alis, Linn. Petrel fulmar, Temm.) 



MEASURES seventeen inches in length, and 

 weighs about twenty-two ounces. The bill is 

 strongly formed, and about two inches long; the 

 hook or nail of the upper mandible, and the trun- 

 cated termination or tip of the under one, are 

 yellow ; the other parts of it are greyish, and in 

 some specimens, blushed with red : the nostrils 

 are contained in one sheath, divided into two 

 tubes. The head, neck, all the under parts, and 

 the tail are white : back and wing coverts blue 

 grey: quills dusky blue: legs yellowish, inclining 

 more or less, in some specimens, to red. The 

 body is thickly cloathed with feathers upon a 

 close fine down. 



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