Fulmar Petrel

a bird which inhabits the Northern seas, where it is found almost everywhere in incalculable numbers. It breeds in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Green land, Spitz bergen, and in Scotland in the Southern Isles of Barra and the Outer He brides, and particularly in the islands of St. Kilda, Borrera, and Soa. The fulmar is about the size of a Jarge duck. The head and neck are pure white; the back and wings of a pearly gia,'; breast, belly, and under surface white; bill yellow; legs and toes a brownish faa The color of the young is a rownish gray. In St. Kilda, where they breed in incredible numbers, these birds are of the greatest value to the inhabitants. Its eggs are held in?“!zh estimation, and sought at great risk, It breeds on the faces of the highest precipices, on which every gra y shelf over a few inches in extent is covered with their nests. These are slightly excavated in the turf and lined with dry gra and withered tufts of seapink, One egg is deposited at a time, which the natives rob the nest of by descending with ropes from the sume mit of the cliffs. The birds, both old and young, when seized vomit a quantity of clear amber-colored oil “ a disagreeable odor. This oil is one of the most valuable products of St. Kilda. The old birds have been seen to feed the young with it. The best quality is obtained from the old birds. The fulmar feeds on animal substances, chiefly fat. It flies buoyantly and rapidly, and accompanies the ships to the highest acce ible latitudes, er ing an eager watch for any fatty su stance thrown overboard.