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NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE FULMAR 

 PETREL. 



BY 



OLIVER G. PIKE, f.r.p.s, r.z.s. 



The first time that I became acquainted with the Fulmar 

 Petrel {Fulmarus g. glacialis) in a wild state was on 

 a steep cliff on one of the Orkney Islands. There were 

 less than half-a-dozen pairs there, but on a second visit 

 three years later they had largely increased, and with 



FULMAR PETREL GLIDIJfG. 

 (Photographed by O. G. Pike.) 



a vast flock of other sea-birds flying around it was 

 not easy to estimate the number. However, the chief 

 breeding-place of the Fuhnar Petrel in the British Islands 

 is the wild and lonely island of St. Kilda, and the two 

 fortnights I have spent there have given me fairly good 

 opportunities of studying this interesting bird. 



On my first visit, there was only one day, during the 

 fortnight, that I was able to get a boat to take me across 



