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.
462. 3. Procellaria pacifica, Aud. Pacific Fulmar.
Not figured.
Bill shorter than the head, considerably compressed, with the nasal plate carinate and almost straight; tail rounded, of fourteen feathers; bill and feet yellow; head, neck, and lower parts pure white; back and wings light greyish-blue, but most of the feathers, including those of the tail, becoming dark grey toward the end; primary quills and their coverts blackish-brown tinged with grey. Differs from P. glacialis chiefly in the form of the bill.
Adult, 18; wing, 123/4; tail, 43/4; bill, 13/4.
North west coast of America. Abundant.
Pacific Fulmar, Procellaria pacifica, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 331.
463. 4. Procellaria tenuirostris, Aud. Slender-billed Fulmar.
Not figured.