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FULMAR. 
lated at the base, tip distinct compressed, 
hooked ; mandible laterally furrowed, tip dis- 
tinct, angulated, compressed, fitting into the 
dertrum, tomia of both sharp ; nostrils tubular, 
combined in a strong elevated sheath, opening by 
a single orifice ; wings accumulated, first quill 
longest ; feet not large, toes slender, outer 
slightly longer than the centre, claws slightly 
falcate, tarsi short, slender. 
Types. — P. glacialis . — Northern Europe, Arctic 
America. 
Note . — Habits maritime ; breed on rocks ; diur- 
nal. 
THE FULMAR. 
Procellaria glacialis. 
PLATE XXIX. 
Procellaria glacialis, Linn . — Petrel fulmar, Temm . — The Ful- 
mar, or Fulmar Petrel of British authors. 
The Fulmar is an accidental winter visitant to tbe 
more southern shores of England ; but we are not 
aware of recent specimens having been obtained at 
that season northward, or along the Scottish shores, 
