858 FVLMARUS 



FULMARUS, Steph., 1826. 



1182. FULMAR. 

 FULMARUS GLACIALIS. 



Fulmarua glacialis (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 213 (1766) ; (Naum.), x. 

 p. 589, Taf. 276 ; (Hewitson), ii. p. 512, pi. cxliv. fig. 2 ; (Gould), 

 B. of E. v. pi. 446 ; (id.), B. of Gt. Brit. v. pi. 52 ; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 535, pi. 617 ; Salvin, Cat. B.' Br. Mus. xxv. p. 425 ; Eidgway, 

 p. 57 ; Lilford, iv. p. 150, pi. 65 ; F. minor (Kjserb.), J. f. 0. 1854, 

 p. lix. ; Ridgway, p. 57. 



Pdtrel Fulmar, French ; Eis-Sturmvogel, German ; Noordsche- 

 Stormwgel, Dutch ; Mltingr, Fill, Icel. ; Is-Stormfugl, Dan. ; 

 Stormfugl, Havhest, Norweg. ; Stormfdgel, Swed. 



ad. (St. Kilda). Head, neck, and under parts white, the throat 

 slightly tinged with yellow ; a dark spot in front of the eye ; upper parts 

 blue-grey, darker on the wings and fading to greyish white on the tail ; 

 culm en to nares sea-green ; nasal tube blackish olivaceous, rest of the 

 bill greenish yellow (the whole bill sometimes dark) ; legs delicate 

 French-grey ; iris dark hazel-brown. Culmen 1*8, wing 13*0, tail 5'2, 

 tarsus 2'05 inch. This species has a dark phase of plumage in which the 

 general colour is dull ashy grey, the under parts paler, as well as a much 

 lighter form in which the mantle is nearly as light as the belly. 



Hob. North Atlantic Ocean. 



Essentially an oceanic bird the Fulmar is rarely seen near 

 land except during the breeding season, or when driven in by 

 stress of weather. It frequently attends fishermen when the 

 lines are being hauled in, to share in the spoil, and is seldom 

 molested by them. It breeds on high cliffs skirting the ocean, 

 the nest being a hollow in the ground scantily lined with grass, 

 and in May a single egg is deposited, which is white, rather 

 rough in texture of shell, with a strong musky smell, and 

 measures about 2'89 by 2*0. 



1183. SUBSP. FULMARUS GLUPISCHA. 



Fulmarus glupischa, Stejn., Auk, i. p. 234 (1884) ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 1064 ; Salvin, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxv. p. 427 ; Kidgway, p. 57 ; 

 F. pacificus (nee. Gmel.), (And.) Orn. Biogr. v. p. 331 (1839) ; 

 Blakist. and Pryor, Trans. As. Soc. Jap. x. p. 106. 



Ad. (Kuriles). In the light phase of plumage differs only from F. 

 glacialis in having the nasal tube, and the whole bill yellow ; in the dark 

 phase much darker, being uniform dark sooty plumbeous. 



