FULMAR. 



FULMARUS GLACIALIS {Linn.). 



Procellaria glacialis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 213; Naum. x. p. 589; 



Hewitson, ii. p. 512. 

 Fulmarus glacialis, Macg. v. p. 429 ; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 1 ; 



Dresser, viii. p. 535. 



Petrel Fulmar, French ; Eis Mewensturmvogel, German ; 

 Is-Stormfugl, Danish; Heavhestur, Faeroese ; Fylingur 

 Fill, Islandic ; Havhest Stormfugl, Norwegian. 



A species of the North Atlantic Ocean, an allied form 

 taking its place in the Pacific. 



The Fulmar has long been known to breed on the 

 islands of the St. Kilda group, and, of late years, on 

 Foula and Papa Stour in the Shetlands, as well as on 

 several of the Faeroes. At other seasons birds are found 

 occasionally all round our coasts. 



Besides the birds of normal colour, as depicted in the 

 foreground of the Plate, others of varying shades of 

 nearly uniform slate-colour are not uncommon mingled 

 with the ordinary form. Such a bird is shown standing 

 on a rock on the left of the Plate. A rarer form is 

 pure white, and a few birds in this dress appear at 

 St. Kilda every year, where several have been taken. 



The Fulmar is certainly increasing in numbers and 

 establishing fresh breeding-stations on our northern 

 outlying islands. The colours of the bill, eye, and feet 

 in the Plate were taken by Mr. Thorburn from a sketch 

 made at the request of Lord Lilford by Prof. Newton at 

 St. Kilda, 25th June, 1895. [0. S.] 



