FULMAR. 
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I. THE FULMAR. FULMARUS GLACIALIS. 
rrocellaria glacialis, Linn. Syst. fLit. i. p. 213 (1766). 
Fulmarus glacialis, Macgill. Bnt. B^v. p 4^9 (1852) - 
B Eur. viii. p. S 35 i ?'• 617 (1878); B. O. u. ust uric. u. 
p. 199 (1883); Saunders, ed. Yarreli;s Brit. B. 'v. P- ^ 
(1884); Seebohni, Hist. Brit. B. i»- P- 43o (1885), 
kunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 711 (1889); Salvin, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. XXV. p. 425 (1896). 
(Plate CXI.) 
Adult Male.— General colour above light grey, with obsolete 
paler fringes to the feathers, the rump and upper tad-covcrts 
delicate pearly-grey ; wing-coverts like the hack , bastard- 
wing, pnmary-covcrls, and quills dusky greyish-black, the 
shafts white, as also the inner web for two-thirds of its 
breadth ; secondaries grey, like the back, the mner web \yhite, 
except at the end; tail-feathers pearly grey, white on the inner 
web,knd at the tips ; head and neck all round and entire 
under surface of body pure white, with a little shade of grey 
on the sides of the upper breast and on the lower flanks , 
under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the edge of the wing 
duskv-grev^ “The curved point of the bill is yellow, the 
SdeskiifLyellow, those of the upper mandibles being more or 
let streakk with dark brown, the sheath investing the nostrfls 
almost black; feet and legs bluish-horn colour ^ 
Cocks). Total length, 18-5 inches ; ciilmen, 1-65 ; wing, no, 
tail, 4-1 ; tarsus, 2-2. 
Adult Feinale.-Similar to the male. Total length, 17 '5 
The’ h^hnar ^ht also a dark phase, which is of a uniform 
dusky grey colour, a little paler on the under surface of the 
Ldy -rik is chiefly found in its more northern habitat, but 
in many places both light and dark forms occur together. 
ciiaxacterB.-In appearance the Fulmar is very like a grey 
Gull but it may be distinguished by its tubular nostrfls. 
?he;eE no other British Petrel with which it can be con- 
founded. 
