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Petrels’ eggs, but eggs of birds with jackets similar to those that 
lie in that drawer that Gray tells me are Great Shearwater and 
Bulwer’s Petrel.” 
[I believe that Dr. Frere’s friend, through whom he obtained these Petrels’ 
eges, was the late Mr. T. Vernon Wollaston (cf. § 5147), the well-known 
entomologist—a friend also of Mr. Wolley’s. At that time the large 
Shearwater which bred in the Desertas was fully believed to be Puffinus 
major, Faber, that is P. gravis, O'Reilly, with which it was so long con- 
founded, while the “ Leach’s Petrel ” is now separated as Oceanodroma castro. | 
§ 5095. Z7wo.—Desertas, 1851. From Dr. Frere. 
“ Grey Shearwater, P. cinereus, Steph. Briciano, 1851,” in 
Dr. Frere’s book. These two valuable eggs among a number of the 
kind sent to him with the birds from Madeira. 
{§ 5096. Onxe.—Desertas. From Dr. Frere, 1861. 
Given to me by Dr. Frere, on breaking up his collection. This was the 
last of the large Shearwaters’ eggs he had left. | 
[§ 5097. One.—Desertas, 15 June, 1892. ) 
From Padre E. 
Schmitz, through 
[§ 5098. One.—lIlha de Fora, Porto Santo, | Mr. Borrer.] 
20 June, 1892. 
[§ 5099. One.—< Grecia,” 1863. From Dr. Kriiper, through 
Herr Seidensacher, 1864. 
Inscribed by Dr. Kriiper “ Puff. cinereus,” and under that name its 
breeding-habits in the Cyclades are described by him (Journ. fiir Orn. 1868, 
pp. 826-339). He found an egg on the 3lst of May, 1862, and the beginning 
of June can be regarded as the regular time for laying, while at the end of July 
the young are still small and covered with down, and they had not left the 
nest at the beginning of October. The old birds are neither seen nor heard 
during the daytime at their breeding-place, but become active at night, 
flying to and fro with fearful cries in the most varied tones (ef. etvwm 
Griechische Jahreszeiten, iii. p. 298). It is to be noted that this egg is 
much smaller than the average of P. kuhli, and its reference to that species 
is hardly free from doubt. | 
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