PUFFINUS. — FULMARUS. 199 



1858 (H. Stevenson, Zoologist, 1858, p. 6096; P. Z. S. 1883, 

 p. 421) . It is of general oceanic range. 



[Genus DAPTION, Stephens, Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 239 (1825). 



Daption, from Jo7rr(i)=I tear and deTOur. 



Daftioii capense. Caps Piqeon. 

 Procellaria capensis, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 213 (1766) . 

 Cape«6c=of the Oajje (of Good Hope). 



One is said to have been shot near Dublin, Oct. 20, 1881 

 (A. G. More, 'Ibis,' 1882, p. 346). The bird has occurred 

 three times in France. It inhabits the oceans of the southern 

 hemisphere.] 



Genus FULMARUS, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. 

 pt. 1, p. 333 (1836) . 



Fulmarus, latinized from Fulmar, akin to Foumart = a polecat, and meaning 

 " foul marten ;" cf. French putois (from pididiis = fetid), Germ. Stinlemarder ; 

 from the foul odour of the bird. The derivation from fulix maris = Sea-coot, 

 is a mere guess. 



Pulmarus glacialis. Fulmak. 



Procellaria glacialis, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 213 

 (1766) . 



Procellaria glacialis, Naum. x. p. 589; Hewitson, p. 512; 

 Gray, p. 236; Yarr. ed. 3, iii. p. 619; id. ed. 3, iii. 

 p. 638 ; Gould, V. pi. 82. 

 Fulmarus glacialis, Macg. v. p. 429; Harting, p. 79; Dresser, 



viii. p. 535. 

 The Fulmar Petrel, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 497. 

 Glacialis = living among the ice, gldoUs. 



Breeds on some of the western islands of Scotland and on 

 one of the Shetlands, but is a rare winter and storm-driven 

 visitor- to the rest of the British coasts. It inhabits the 

 Arctic and Subarctic regions of the North Atlantic. 



