406 LAlUDyE. 



THE PULMAll. 



ProceUaria glacialis, Linn. 



Is extremely rare. 



It was first recorded by mc as Irish in the following communica- 

 tion, published in 1846, in the 18th volume of the 'Annals of 

 Natural History' (p. 312). 



" Among ornithological notes made by the Eev. Joseph Stop- 

 ford — a gentleman well acquainted with our native birds — and 

 communicated to Dr. Harvey of Cork (by whom I have been 

 favoured with them) — is one of a fulmar having been shot at 

 Iiichidoney Island, on the southern coast, in 1832, by Captain 

 tlungerford. It was sent to the writer, by whom it was presented 

 to Sir Charles Paget, then forming a collection of birds at Cove. 

 In January 1846, Mr. T. W. Warren of DubHn kindly commu- 

 nicated to me a detailed description of a bird shot on the North 

 Strand, Dublin Bay, on the 1st of that month, mentioning at the 

 same time that it was a species which had never before come under 

 his notice, nor that of Mr. Glennon, taxidermist, through whose 

 hands so many rare birds have passed within the last thirty years. 

 The description marked it as a fulmar in adult plumage :"■ — I 

 have since seen the specimen in Mr. Warren's collection. 



A third instance of the fulmar's occurrence has been made 

 known to me : — one having been shot by the Eev. J. Stopford at 

 Castle Freke, county Cork, in the month of October 1845, 



The fulmar is very little known as a British bird, excepting at 

 St. Kilda and the neighbouring islets of Borrera and Soa, where 

 it breeds annually in multitudes, and is their most valuable pro- 

 duct ; the eggs and birds themselves being used as food, and the 

 oil for various purposes. Sir William Jardine is not aware of 

 this bird's occurrence on the shores of the mainland of Scot- 

 land {' Brit. Birds,' 1 843) ; but a few individuals have been 

 obtained at different parts of the coast of England and AVales 

 (Yarrell). It inhabits the arctic regions of both hemispheres. 



