ClafsIL 



FULMAR. 



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Genus XVI. PETRELS. 



I. The F U L M A R. 



Wil, orn. 395. 



Fulmar. Martin s <voy. St. Kilda, 



30. Defer, iveji. ijles. 283. 

 Fulmer. Macaulfs hi ft, St. Kilda. 



14;. 

 Haffheft. Chfii exot. 368. 

 Procellaria einerea, le Petrel cen- 



dre. Brijfon a<v. vi. 143. 



tab. 12. Jig. 2. 

 PL enl. 59. 



Lin.fyjl. 213. 



The Mallemucke. Marten' sS pi tx- 



berg 93. 

 Hav-Heft. Gunner, tab. 1 . 

 Procellaria glacialis. Brunnich 



ornith. 1 1 > ; ; . 

 Norvegis Hav-Heft, Mallemoke 



v. Mallemuke. Brunnicb. 1 18. 

 Br. Zool. 145. 



'TT^HIS fpecies inhabites the iile of St. Kilda: 

 *** makes its appearance there in November, and 

 continues the whole year, except September and OElo- 

 hr$ it lays a large, white, and very brittle egg; and 

 the young are hatched the middle of June. No bird 

 is of equal ufe to the inlanders 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 prognofti.ator of the change 

 of the wind ; if it comes to land, no weft wind is ex- 

 pected for fome time ; and the contrary when it re- 

 turns and keeps at fea. 



The whole genus of Petrels have a peculiar faculty 

 of fpouting from their bills, to a considerable dis- 

 tance, a large quantity of pure oyl ; which they do 

 by way of defence, into the face of any that attempts 



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