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FULMARUS. FULMAR. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum grossum, ad api- 

 cem dilatatum, sulca- 

 tum ; mandibula superiore 

 adunca ; inferiore recta 

 subtruncata. 

 jll Nares tubulatae. 



Pedes mediocres; unguis 

 posticus loco pollice. 



Beak thick, dilated at the 

 tip, sulcated; the upper 

 mandible hooked ; the 

 lower straight and slightly 

 truncated. 



Nosti^ils tubular. 



Legs moderate ; a claw only 

 in place of the hinder toe. 



FULMARUS. Leach. 

 WAGELLUS. Ray. 



PROCELLARIA. Linn., Gmel,, Lath., Briss. 



The Fulmars differ from their congeners in having 

 the beak stronger, much hooked, suddenly swollen 

 towards the tip, with the lower mandible somewhat 

 truncated at the tip ; the nostrils are united in a 

 single groove or furrow on the beak : they are more 

 diurnal than the others, and their nourishment chiefly 

 consists of the flesh of dead cetacea, of mollusca, and 

 vermes. 



