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THE TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS - TUBINARES, 



" Glutton Bird " by the sealers, who cannot eat the egg on account of its odor. This 

 bird lays but a single egg. Tliese birds are said to be so fearless that they congregate 

 on the carcasses of the seals tiiat are being cut up, and rival the men in the flensing 

 process. 



Dr. Kidder did not meet witli any egg of this species, but found the nest on 

 elevated ground, at the distance of half a mile from the sea. When the young were 

 first seen, January 'J, there was no vestige of any artificial nest, and the nestlings 

 were nearly Hedged, and as large and heavy as the adults. They were found in 

 natural hoHows between moiuids of Asorella. Dr. Kidder describes these birds as 

 being exceedingly tiltliy, ejecting the contents of their stomachs for two or tliree 

 feet from their bodies, with an almost unlimited 8Ui)ply from which to draw. When 

 disturbed they soon surrounded themselves with a puddle of vomited matters, among 

 whicli were noticed many J'enguins' feathers. In the same neighborhood was a young 

 bird of an earlier brood, fully fledged, but still unable to fly. These data prove that 

 this IVtrel is among the earliest of the birds of Kerguelen in breeding, and that it 

 is destructive of other species of birds. The down of the young bird is entirely 

 gray, and the head is partly naked. 



Gknith FTTLMARUB, Leach. 



Fulmiinia, Lkacii, .Stciiliciis' Gen. Zool. XIII. 182.'i, 233 (tj'l>c, ProecUaria glacial is, Linn.). 



Chah. Similar to Omijr 'ijn, hut nuich sniuIliT, tlie 1)111 shorter tlinn tlie tnreuB, the nasal IiiIhs 

 tthurtc-r uiul hiiimIIit (•liTitlttlly Hhnrter than the maxillary unguis), the nasal septum cxtenilinf{ 

 alniiwt to the orilice. Tail-l'tatliLTs 12-14. 



Of this gcnuM there appears tu be but a single sjiecies, which varies greatly in plumage, even in 

 the same locality. 



FnlmaroB glacialis. 



a. Olaolalis. THE ABOTIO FVLMAB. 



Procdhiria glncinlii, LisN. Fnun. Suec. 2J eil. 1761, 51; S. N. I. 1766, 213. — Nl'TT. Mnn. II. 

 1834, 331. —All). Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 446; B. Am. VII. 1844, 204, pi. 365. — Lawk, in 

 Buii-il's B. N. Am. \%:A, 825. — BAriiD, Cat. N. Am. B. 18.59, no. 635. 



Fiiliiwriis (jlacialia, Stephkns, (icn. Zool. XIII. 1826, 234, pi. 27. — Bdnap. Consp. II. 1856, 187. 



— CouKs, Vr. Ac. Nnt. Sii. Pliilnd. 1866, 27 ; Key, 1872, 327 ; Check List, 1873, no. 682 ; cd. 

 2, 1882, no. 814. — Kinow. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 70.^. 



Fnlmartts (jiacial In, a. Audubmii, Bonap. Consp. II. IS.ie, 187. 

 Fiihnnru» ghciiilis, h. minor, BoxAP. I. c. 

 Prmrlhria grliitlaiidii-n, <!iJXN. in Ltrni. Fcnm. I^app. 1767, 273. 

 Prmvllnria minor, K.i.,Kiiii. Dnniii. Fugle, 1052, 324. 

 Procellaria hiemalis, Bkeiim, Vilg. Deutsclil. 1831, 800. 



b. OlapiMha. THX PAOino FXTLMAB. 



Prceellarin jMcifiea, Arn. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 331 ; B. Am. VII. 1844, 208 (not of Gmel. 1788). 



— Lawh. in Bttird's B. X. Am. 1858, 826. — Baiiid, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 630. 

 Fidmirus glaeialia, c, pacificn, Bonap. Consp. II. 1856, 187. 



Fulmariu ylacialin, vnr. jncijicua, Couks, Key, 1872, 327 ; Check List, 1873, no. 682a. 



Fulmar us glncial is ])in-ijlciig, liinow. I'roc. U. S. Nut. Mus. II. 1880, 209 ; Nora. N. Am. B. 1881, 



no. 705 rt. — Coi'Es, 2il Check List, 1882, no. 815. 

 FulnM7'wi jMicificus, Couks, Pr. Ac. Nat. .Sci. Philiul. 1866, 28. 

 Fulmarus glacialis glupischa, Stbin. Tho Auk, I. No. 3, July, 1884, 234. 



