PRO CELLARING. PRO CELL ARIA. 259 
pressed ; upper mandible with the ridge formed of two 
generally united plates, at the anterior part of which are 
the more or less tubular nostrils, the tip decurved, com- 
pressed, and pointed; lower mandible with the angle 
very long and narrow, the edges sharp, the tip decurved. 
Mouth wide ; palate longitudinally ridged ; tongue ta- 
pering, acuminate, flat above; oesophagus of moderate 
width, but within the thorax dilated into an enormous 
sac; stomach very small, usually reversed; intestine long, 
slender ; coeca very small, or wanting. F eet of moderate 
length, rather slender ; tibia bare below ; tarsus little 
compressed; toes four; the first extremely small and 
elevated, with a large conical decurved or deflected claw ; 
anterior toes webbed ; claws arched, compressed, acute : 
Plumage soft, full, rather compact above ; wings long, 
rather narrow, pointed ; tail short, of from twelve to six- 
teen feathers. 
These birds lead a peculiarly erratic life, most of them 
not only wandering along the coast, but over the ocean 
at vast distances from land. They feed on fish, carcasses 
of various kinds, Crustacea, mollusca, and other animals, 
as well as fatty matters floating on the sea. 
GENUS CLY. PROCELLARIA. FULMAR. 
The Fulmars are birds of large or moderate size, resem- 
bling Gulls and Albatrosses in their form and habits. The 
body is rather full ; the neck of moderate length, or short ; 
the head rather large and ovate. Bill rather shorter than 
the head, stout, moderately compressed, straight, with the 
tip much decurved; upper mandible with the dorsal line 
straight or concave, then abrupt at the nasal apertures, 
which are dorsal, the plate covering the nostrils separated 
by grooves from the erect convex sides, the terminal unguis 
or tip strong, decurved, acute ; lower mandible with the 
angle long and narrow, the sides erect, with a longitudinal 
groove, the edges sharp, the dorsal line very short, ascend- 
ing, slightly concave, the edges decurved at the end. Mouth 
