CAPE FUI.MAR. 
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Characters.— Besides the generic characters given above, this 
species is unmistakable from its black and white spotted 
appearance. 
Range in Great Britain.— Only one specimen has been 
noted from our .seas, an individual having been recorded by 
Mr. A. G. More as killed near Dublin in October, i88r. 
Range outside the British Islands. — This Petrel has been said to 
have occurred on three occasions off the coast of France. 
Otherwise it is known only as a sirictly southern species, 
ranging as high as Cey'on and to labout lat. 5 S. on the 
coast of Peru. 
Hahits -The “ Cape Pigeon,” as this bird is usually called, 
is a well-known inhabitant of the southern seas, where its 
habit of following ships is remarked by every ocean traveller. 
Mr. Gould, during his celebrated voyage to Australia, made 
the following notes “ This Martin among the Petrels is 
extremely tame, passing immediately under the stern and 
settling down close to the sides of the ship if fat of any kind 
or other oily substance be thrown overboard. Swims lightly, 
but rarely exercises its natatorial powers except to procure food, 
in pursuit of which it occasionally dives for a moment or two. 
Nothing can be more graceful than its motions while on the 
wing, with the neck shortened, and the legs entirely hidden 
among the feathers of the under tail-coverts. Like the other 
Petrels, it ejects, when irritated, an oily fluid from its mouth. 
Its feeble note of ^ cac, cac, cac, cac' is frequently uttered, 
the third, says Captain Hutton, being pronounced the quickest. 
Its weight varies from fourteen to eighteen ounces ; there is no 
difference in the weight of the sexes, neither is there any 
visible variation in their colouring, nor do they appear to be 
subject to any seasonal change.” 
Nest. — Sir Joseph Hooker states that this species was found 
by him breeding in Kerguelen Land. He says : — “ It nests in 
sheltered ledges of cliffs about 50 or 100 feet above the level 
of the sea.” 
Eggs. — U nknorvn , 
