XXXVII. 

 PROCELLARIA GLACIALIS. (linn.) 



Fulmar, Mallemoke. 



The Fulmar is a very local bird during the breeding sea- 

 son, being then confined to three or four places only (and 

 these all near together) in the British islands. My friend, 

 Mr. Atkinson, met with them in great numbers on the islands 

 of St. Kilda, Borrera, and Soa, and was informed that they 

 also breed in the south isles of Barra, in the outer Hebrides ; 

 they make no nest, but lay their single white egg upon ledges 

 of the rocks, much in the same manner as the Kittiwake, but 

 differing from it in always selecting those which are covered 

 with grass ; the latter making its nest upon the bare stone ; 

 they begin to lay their eggs in the first week of June, which, 

 as well as the birds, are taken in great numbers by the inha- 

 bitants for food, the sea-birds forming almost their only sub- 

 sistence. The egg of the Fulmar is remarkably large, being 

 equal in size to those of the Skua and Herring Gulls, and 

 about twice as large as those of the Kittiwake, although the 

 bird is not much bigger than the latter. The egg of the 

 Fulmar, as well as that of the Stormy Petrel, has a very 

 strong musky smell, which it retains for a length of time ; it 

 is drawn at Figure 1 of the Plate. 



PROCELLARIA PELAGICA. (linn.) 



Stormy Petrel, Mother Gary's Chicken. Swallow, 

 Alimouti, and Spencie of Shetland. 



In an excursion through the Shetland islands during the 

 present summer in search of rarities for this work, I had the 



