. The aquatic birds of Great Britain and Ireland . tthe middle of April. This species has many breeding-resorts round the north-west coast of Scotland, chief among which may be men-tioned St. Kilda, where, in Soay especially, it nests in greatnumbers; in the Shetlands it has spread considerably oflate years, as also in the Hebrides. Mr. Eagle Clarke states that the extension of the rangeof the Fulmar to Fair Isle and the Western and NorthernIsles of Scotland, as well as to the north coast of themainland, may be due to the congestion that has probablytaken place in St. Kilda, which until a quar
. The aquatic birds of Great Britain and Ireland . tthe middle of April. This species has many breeding-resorts round the north-west coast of Scotland, chief among which may be men-tioned St. Kilda, where, in Soay especially, it nests in greatnumbers; in the Shetlands it has spread considerably oflate years, as also in the Hebrides. Mr. Eagle Clarke states that the extension of the rangeof the Fulmar to Fair Isle and the Western and NorthernIsles of Scotland, as well as to the north coast of themainland, may be due to the congestion that has probablytaken place in St. Kilda, which until a quarter of a centuryago was its only native British habitat. During recentyears the human population of St. Kilda has markedlydecreased, and this, taken with the fact that the people areno longer dependent on the Fulmar for food to the sameextent as formerly, has led to fewer of these birds beingkilled, and hence a considerable increase in their numberswould naturally result, and the seeking of new haunts Dried skins retain this odour for many FULMAE 567 become a necessity ( Birds of Fair Isle, Ann. Scot. , 1906, p. 80). GeograpliicaJ distribution.—Beyond our Isles the Fulmarbreeds plentifully on the Faroes, in Iceland, and in severalother Islands of Arctic and Sub-arctic Europe, Asia, Canada,and Greenland. In winter it migrates as far south as aboutlat. 40° N., frequenting both the European and American sea-board of the North Atlantic. DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. — Head, neck, breast,abdomen, and under tail-coverts, pure white, or shaded withgrey; flanks washed with pale blue-grey or shaded withgrey; back, scapulars, wings, and tail, light blnish-grey;primaries, dusky greyish-blue. Adult female nuptial.—Similar to the male plumage. Adult lointer, male and female.—Similar to the nuptialplumage. Immature, male and fem,alc.^ — Resembles the adultplumage. Beak. Yellow towards the tip, lighter on the sides, darktowards the base ; nas
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