PUFFINUS. 



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Puffinus kuhli, Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 513 (1877) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 47; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 375 (1896) ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 47 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the Mediterranean Shearwater measure from 2'61 

 to 2-9 in length, and from 17 to 1-85 in breadth *. One specimen 

 possesses a considerable amount of gloss. 



1. Cerbicali Islands, Corsica, 2nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(J. Whitehead). 



1. Cerbicali Islands, 2nd June. J. Whitehead, Esq. [0.]. 



1. Vacca, Sardinia, 26th May. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



1. Islet of Filfla, off Malta, June (C. Seebohm Coll. 



A. Wright). 

 1. Isle near Naxos, Cyclades, 17th June Seebohm Coll. 



( T. Sniper). 



Puffinus puffinus (Linn.). 



Puffinus anglorum, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 55. tig. 6 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 514, pi. cxliv. fig. i (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 517, part. (1876) ; Baird, Brewer Sf 

 Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 384 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, iii. p. 420, pi. 56 (1885) ; Dixon, Ibis, 1885, p. 94; Seebohm, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 72, pi. 20. tig. 1 (1896) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxv. p. 377 (1896). 



Puffinus puffinus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the Manx Shearwater measure from 2-25 to 2-5 in 

 length, and from T53 to 1*8 in breadth. 



1. Faroe Islands, 16th May (H. CMutter: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 1. Faroe Islands, 18th May (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll). 



1. Faroe Islands, 26th May (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 3. Faroe Islands, 28th May (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 3. Faroe Islands, 2nd June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Faroe Islands, 4th June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



3. Faroe Islands, 6th June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Faroe Islands, 10th June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



2. Faroe Islands, 12th June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Shetland Islands (J. Hancock). 

 1. Orkney Islands. 

 1. Hoy, Orkney Islands, May 



(J. H. Dunn: Hargitt Coll.). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



* The eggs of this species figured by Thienemann are much smaller than 

 any of those in the Collection. 



