C^ASS II. 



P IE T R E L, 



sm 



BILL ftrait, hooked at the end. 



NOSTRILS cylindric, tubular. 



LEGS naked above the knees. 



BACK TOE none : inftead, a fharp SPUR points 



XLV. 



ing downwards. 







Wil. orn. 395. 



Lin. fyft. 213. 



257. Ful* 



Fulmar. Martin's <voy. St. 



The Mallemucke. Martin's 



MARf, 



Kilda. 30, Defer. weft. 



Spit zb erg. 93. 





IJles. 283. 



Hav-Heft. Gunner, tab. 1. 





Fulmer. Macautys hifi. St. 



Procellaria glacialis. Brunnich 





Kilda. 145. 



ornith. 118. 





Haffheft. Clufii exot. 3 63. 



Norvegis Hav-Heft, Malle- 





Procellaria cinerea, le Pe- 



moke V. Mallemuke..2?rzw? 





trel cendre. Brijfon av. VI. 



nich, 118. 





143. tab. 12. fig. 2. 



Br. Zool. 145. 





PI. enl. 59. 







^npHIS fpecies inhabits the ifle of St. Kilda % 

 A makes its appearance there in November^ and 

 continues the whole year, except September and 

 Otloler\ it lays a large, white, and very brittle 

 egg; and the young are hatched the middle of 

 June. No bird is of fuch ufe to the iflanders as 

 this : the Fulmar fupplies them with oil for their 

 lamps, down for their beds, a delicacy for their 

 tables, a balm for their wounds, and a medicine for 

 their diftempers. The Fulmar is alfo a certain prog*- 

 nofticator of the change of the wind ^ if it comes 



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