126 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 
Petrel nested last summer at Fowlsheugh, Kincardineshire. This 
year for the first time I have observed it on the Forfarshire coast, 
about twenty individuals having been noted on 3rd June along 
the cliffs between Arbroath and Red Head. The species had 
established itself at several places, all of an inaccessible nature, 
where full observation was impossible. At one point I watched a 
company of Fulmars passing to and fro between the face of a 
precipitous cliff and a feeding-ground about haif a mile out at sea. 
For a time there were two groups (four birds in each) on the 
surface of the water. In one case only did I succeed in making 
out a sitting Fulmar. It was high up on a steep cliff with tufts of 
grass here and there. The form of the wings and characteristic 
flight made the Fulmars easily distinguishable in the large flocks 
of sea-fowl. The backs of one or two birds were of a darker shade 
of colour than the others. In view of the number of Fulmars 
frequenting the cliffs, it is not improbable that a few pairs may 
have bred there last year, although no such occurrence has been 
recorded.—Douc.Las G. Hunvter, Arbroath. 
The Fulmar Colony at St Abb’s Head.—Referring to 
Mr Harold Raeburn’s note in the Scottish Naturalist for September 
last, I am able to report a considerable increase in the number of 
Fulmar Petrels frequenting the cliffs about St Abb’s Head this 
summer. On 15th June my daughter and I spent several hours 
investigating the colony from the top of the cliffs, and came to the 
conclusion that there were probably about twenty-four birds in all— 
there were certainly not less than twenty. Most of them were 
frequenting the ‘“‘ Nunnery” cliffs west of the Lighthouse, but two 
pairs were on a heugh to the left of that, while five or six birds 
were haunting the Whiteheugh, facing Coldingham Shore. With one 
exception, three or four pairs sitting on the cliffs at the main haunt 
revealed, when put off, no sign of eggs. One bird, however, was much 
more reluctant to leave than the others, and when at length it did 
quit its hollow, a white object, which we believe was an egg, was 
visible, but only from some distance, the overhanging nature of 
the cliff preventing a near view of the spot being obtained. It was 
a source of no ordinary pleasure to be able to watch these wonderful 
birds at home on a part of the coast so easy of access from the 
Scottish capital. There is no mistaking a Fulmar, as it sails to and 
fro about the face of the precipice, or glides past along the edge 
of the cliff within perhaps three or four yards of you. Its flight is 
characteristic ; and, when seen from above, a pale patch about the 
middle of each wing is distinctly noticeablee—WiLLIAmM Evans, 
Edinburgh. 
