FULMARUS.
Tail 14 feathers; bill strong, broad; nasal tube high more than !, length of bill; at base of bill below, a triangular naked patch.
Fulmarus glacialis glacialis (L.). FULMAR. Ger. Eissturmvogel ; Swed. Stormfagel.
j 9 Appearance Gull-like. Above bluish grey, head, neck, and underparts white. Bill at base above greyish green, remainder yellowish, nasal tube olive green. Legs and feet greyish flesh. \Ving 320-342. Tarsus 50-55. Bill 35-43.
Breeds.—Franz Joseph Land, Spitzbcrgen, Jan Mayen, Bear Island, Greenland and Arctic America, Iceland, Fames, N. Coast
of Ireland, Coasts and Islands of Scotland, Yorkshire Coast. Occurs outside breeding season in N. Atlantic and off \V. Coast of Europe.
Dimorphic forms occur, of various shades of bluish grey, both above and below. These predominate in Arctic Ocean, from N. and in Greenland and Arctic America, becoming rare in more southern latitudes, but occasionally occur on Scottish Coasts.