ngle
white egg, and also often lays it on the bare ground or rock. A specimen
in Mr. Thayer's collection, taken by Geo. Comer on So. Georgia Is. in
the South Atlantic ocean, was laid in a hollow among loose stones on the
ledge of an overhanging cliff. Size 4.10 x 2.75.

[Illustration 062: Laysan Albatross. Yellow-nosed Albatross. Sooty
Albatross.]
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FULMARS, SHEARWATERS and PETRELS Family PROCELLARIDAE

Fulmars, Shearwaters and Petrels are Gull-like birds with two nostril
tubes located side by side, in a single tube, on the top of the bill at
its base.

The Fulmars are mostly northern birds while the majority of the
Shearwaters nest in the extreme south during our winter, and appear off
our coasts during the summer. Their food consists of fish or offal which
they get from the surface of the water; large flocks of them hover about
fishermen, watching their chance to get any food which falls, or is
thrown, overboard.

[Illustration 063: EGG OF SOOTY ALBATROSS--White.]
[Illustration: deco.]
[Illustration: right hand border.]

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85. GIANT FULMAR. _Macronectes gigantea._

Range.--This Petrel is a native of the southern seas and is only
casually met with off the Pacific coast.

It is the largest of the family, being about three feet in length, and
is normally a uniform sooty color, although it has light phases of
plumage. They nest in December on many of the islands south of Africa
and South America, laying their single white egg on the bare rocks.

86. FULMAR. _Fulmarus glacialis glacialis._

Range.--North Atlantic coasts from New England northward, breeding from
Hudson Bay and southern Greenland northward.

This bird which is 19 inches in length, in the light phase has a plumage
very similar to that of the larger Gulls. They nest by thousands on
rocky islands of the north, often in company with Murres and Gulls.
Owing to the filthy habits of the Fulmars, these breeding grounds always
have a nauseating odor, which is also imparted to, and retained by the
egg shell. Their single white eggs are laid on the bare rocks, in
crevices of the cliffs, often hundreds of feet above the water. Size
2.90 x 2.00. Data.--St. Kilda, off Scotland. June 5, 1897. Single egg
laid on rock on side of sea cliff. Collector, Angus Gillies.

[Illustration 062: Fulmar.]
[Illustration: egg.]
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86b. PACIFIC FULMAR. _Fulmarus glacialis gl