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FULMARUS. FULMAR. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum grossum, ad api- 

 cem dilatatum, sulca- 

 tum ; mandibula superiore 

 adunca ; inferiore recta 

 subtruncata. 



Nares tubulatae. 



Pedes mediocres ; unguis 

 posticus loco pollice. 



Beak thick, dilated at the 

 tip, sulcated; the upper 

 mandible hooked ; the 

 lower straight and slightly 

 truncated. 



Nostrils tubular. 



Leg's moderate ; a claw only 

 in place of the hinder toe. 



FULMARUS. Leach. 



WAGELLUS. Ray. 



PROCELLARIA. Linn., Gmel., Lath., Briss. 



1 HE Fulmars differ from their congeners in having 

 the beak stronger, much hooked, suddenly swollen 

 towards the tip, with the lower mandible somewhat 

 truncated at the tip ; the nostrils are united in a 

 single groove or furrow on the beak : they are more 

 diurnal than the others, and their nourishment chiefly 

 consists of the flesh of dead cetacea, of mollusca, and 

 vermes. 



