FULMARUS GLUPISCHA. 



phase of F. glupischa is similar to the light phase of F. glacialis. The British Museum 

 does not possess a specimen of this form of F. glupischa, and it was also unknown to 

 Salvin when he wrote his monograph of the Petrels in the " Catalogue of Birds." 

 There are, however, two specimens in the Rothschild Museum from Pacific Grove in 

 Monterey Co., California. Dr. Hartert kindly informs me that they are of a purer 

 white on the head and neck than the examples of F. glacialis in the Tring Collection, 

 and have the mantle, rump, wings, and tail, light grey. The wing is slightly shorter, 

 and the bill (in the dried skin) is nearly uniform wax-yellow, without any olive on the 

 lower mandible. 



The dark phase of F. glupischa, of which I have seen several examples, is of a 

 deeper and browner shade than the grey phase of F. glacialis. The entirely yellow 

 bill, however, is a character of the dark phase of F. glupischa, as it is of the light one. 



The Pacific Fulmar does not extend so far north as its ally, F. rodgersi, but 

 frequents both sides of the North Pacific Ocean. It was found by Von Schrenk off 

 the mouth of the Amur River, and Taczanowski records it off the shores of Eastern 

 Siberia (Mem. Acad. St. Petersb., XXXIX., p. 1064). 



Major Barrett-Hamilton (Ibis, 1900, p. 279) found this Fulmar, but only in the 

 brown phase, which is the prevalent one in the Western Pacific, numerous in almost all 

 parts of the Bering Sea, and of the Pacific generally, north of about Lat. 45°. It came 

 quite close to the shore both at the Commander Islands and at Robben Reef, but he 

 did not observe it inside the mouth of Avacha Bay. 



On Copper Island and Bering Island, in the Commander group, Dr. Stejneger 

 says that the " Glupisch " is one of the commonest summer visitors, breeding in 

 high and steep rocky bluffs and promontories boldly rising out of the sea, three 

 hundred to eight hundred feet high. On Copper Island Dr. Stejneger (I.e.) met with 

 the dark form breeding in thousands, but he did not find a single perceptibly lighter 

 bird, although a small colony of the white form was breeding in the neighbourhood, 

 but separate from the dark one : nor were there any of the white phase apparently 

 darker than usual, and, in no case, were the light and dark birds paired together. 



In the British Museum are several specimens from the Kurile Islands, collected 

 by Captain Blakiston and Mr. H. J. Snow, and there is also an example obtained by 

 Captain Kellett and Lieutenant Wood at Petropaulovsk, in Kamtschatka. 



This Fulmar ranges along the entire Pacific coast of North America, and I 

 have examined specimens from Pacific Grove and San Diego in California. According 

 to the A. 0. U. " Checklist of North American Birds," its range is said to extend to 

 Western Mexico. 



Dr. Stejneger says that the eggs are dull white, without spots ; they measure 

 from 2.7 to 2.95 inches by 1.9 inch. 



White phase. Similar to F. glacialis, but distinguished by its orange-yellow bill. 



Dark phase. General colour ashy-grey, lighter below, all the feathers with 



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