■678 EGGS OP SEA-BIRDS FROM LORD HOWE's ISLAND, 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EGGS OF THREE SPECIES OF 

 SEA-BIRDS FROM LORD HOWE'S ISLAND. 



By Dr. E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c. 



Onychoprion fuliginosa, Gmelin. 



Eggs of a dull white, varying greatly in their markings, some 

 finely dotted, others strongly marked with spots and dots of 

 reddish-brown or brownish-red ; sparingly sprinkled in large spots 

 or thickly and closely marked with freckle and dots, in some 

 evenly all over the surface, in others forming a zone near the 

 larger end where they are mixed with obsolete spots of slate, 

 which are confluent with black irregular markings or large pur- 

 plish smears and blothes ; in some rich red spots are alone found, 

 in others blothes and confluent spots are predominant at the 

 thicker end, or the whole surface is evenly freckled and dotted 

 with reddish-brown and pale slate or lilac. 



Hah. — Admiralty Islets. 



Length {a), 2-1 x 1-42 inches. Length (e), 2-15 x 1*42 inches. 



„ (6), 2-01 X 1-43 „ „ (/), 2-25x1 -42 „ 



„ (c), 1-95 X 1-42 „ „ (5-), 2-07x1 -45 „ 



„ id), 2-01x1-42 „ „ (70, 1-9x1-5 „ 



Angus cinereus, Goidd. 



Ground color of the egg dull white, sparingly marked with 

 light brown, light and dull reddish-brown, and a few slate-colored 

 spots and dots, very few of which are confluent ; average speci- 

 mens measure (a) 1-67 inches x 1-16 ; (6) 1-63 x 1*2 inches. Nests 

 placed under projecting ledges of rock, on faces of perpendicular 

 clifis. Found breeding during September and October. 



