FULMARS 



(86) Fulmarus glacialis gla- 

 cialis 



(Linn.) (Lat., icy). 



FULMAR. Bill short, stout and 

 hooked; nostrils openins; out of a 

 prominent tube. Iris browTi. Ad. — 

 Normal plumage as shown. Tail 

 gra}', like the back. Young birds 

 and some adults, possibly in a dark 

 phase, are blackish-brown all over, 

 lighter below. L., 19.00; W., 13.00; 

 T., 4.7s; B., 1.50, depth at base .75. 

 Nest — None ; single white eggs are 

 deposited on bare ledges of high sea- 

 clills or in niches; 2.90 x 2.00. 



Range — North Atlantic. Breeds 

 from Cumberland Sound, Greenland, 

 Iceland, and Scotland, northward. 

 Winters south to the fishing banks off 

 Newfoundland and Mass., and cas- 

 ually south to N. J. 



Order TUBINARES. Tube-nosed Swimmers 



A group of sea-birds ranging in size from that of a swal- 

 low up to the gigantic albatrosses, some of which have an 

 expanse of wings of about fourteen feet. All agree in 

 ha\'ing the nostrils opening in tubes. The albatrosses are 

 not represented in eastern North America, but the largest 

 species, the Wandering Albatross, occurs north to the 

 Caribbean Sea and may yet be positively recorded within 

 our range. 



Family PROCELLARIID.E. Fulmars, Shearwaters 

 AND Petrels 



The nostrils are located in one "double-barreled" tube 

 located on the top of the bill. Albatrosses have two dis- 

 tinct tubes, one for each nostril. 



FULMARS are gull-like birds, but the bills are stout, 

 hooked and with a prominent nostril-tube on top; the eyes 

 are brown, and the tails are gray hke the backs. They 



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