FULMAR, the name of several species of petrels, Fulmarus glacialis, one of the largest petrels (Procellariidae) of the North ern Hemisphere, is about the size of the common gull (Larus canes) and not unlike it in coloration, except that its primaries are grey instead of black. The bird ranges over the North At lantic. In the Pacific it is represented by F. glupischa. In the British Isles, the fulmar breeds in St. Kilda and Skye, but has rapidly extended its breeding area in recent years. Its range towards the Pole seems to be bounded only by open water. By British seamen it is called the "molly mawk" (corrupted from Mallemuck). It only visits land to deposit its single white egg, which is laid on a rocky ledge, in a shallow nest lined with a little dried grass. Many of its breeding-places are valuable property to those who live near them and take the eggs and young. The oil from the young has been found to possess the same qualities as cod-liver oil. However, it has a strong scent, which is retained by an egg or skin of the bird for years. The bird, when seized, ejects this oil from its mouth. In courtship, the male and female simul taneously display the mauve lining of the mouth. The giant fulmar (Macronectes gigantea) of the southern Pacific sometimes reaches Oregon. It has a wing-spread of seven feet.