Plate CCLXIV. Male.
Bill shorter than the head, moderately compressed, with the nasal
plate flattened concave above; tail slightly rounded, of fourteen
feathers; bill, feet, and claws yellow; head, neck, and lower parts,
pure white; back and wings light greyish-blue, the rump paler, the
tail bluish-white; primary quills and coverts blackish-brown. Young in
first plumage greyish-brown.
_Male_, 8, 18.
Not uncommon off the coast, from New York to Nova Scotia. Abundant on
the banks of Newfoundland. Breeds in high latitudes.
Procellaria glacialis, Bonap. Syn. p. 369.
Fulmar Petrel, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 330.
Fulmar Petrel, Procellaria glacialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii.
p. 446.