FEATERCULA. 



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2. North America (Smiths. Inst.). 



2. Lake Belles, California (F. Gruber) , 



5. Haro Channel, Vancouver Island 



(Dr. Lyall). 

 7. Bering Isl., Commander Group, 



12th July. 

 1. Kurile Island, Japan (H. J. Snoiv). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 



Voy. IJ.M.S. 'Plumper.' 



G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Genus FRATERCULA, Briss. 



Fratercula arctica (Linn.). 



Alca arctica, Thien. Fortpftanz. qes. Vog. tab. vc. fig 1 . 7, n-e (1845-54). 



Fratercula arctica, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 80. fig. 6 (1855-63); 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 466, pi. cxxvii. fig. ii (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 599 (1877) ; Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water 

 Birds N. Am. ii. p. 524 (1884); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 364, pi. 45 

 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 96, pi. 26. figs. 1, 2 (1896) ; Dixon, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 9l ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 616 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 133 (1899). 



The eggs of the Puffin, are of a rather pointed oval form, rough, 

 chalky, and without gloss. The ground is white or bluish white, 

 and this is spotted and blotched with pale purple or grey, and 

 frequently it is also marked with some yellowish-brown spots 

 and streaky scrawls. In some specimens, the markings are larger 

 and more prominent than in others. Some examples have so few 

 markings, and these are so small, that until closely examined they 

 appear to be of a spotless white. With incubation, the shell 

 becomes of a dark mahogany-brown colour. They measure from 

 2*15 to 2-7 in length, and from 1/55 to 1*75 in breadth. 



1. Labrador. 



2. Greenlaijd, 22nd June. 



1. Greenland (Whiteaoes: Montreal 

 Museum). 



1 . AVest Greenland. 



3. Saltee Islands, Ireland, 28th May 



(H. Saunders}. 



5. Faroe Islands (H. C. Muller : 



Harqitt Coll.}. 



2. Faroe Islands (H. C. Midler}. 



6. St. Kilda (C. Diron). 



12. Farn Islands, 1st June (E. Hargitf). 

 10. Farn Islands, 28th May (H. See- 

 bohm). 



4. Farn Islands, 24th May (E. V. 



Seebohm). 



2. N. Warmsey, Farn Islands, 18th 



June (O. Salrin). 



1. Tenby, Wales. 



3. Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, May 



(H. Saunders). 



2. Penzance. 



Sir H. Peek [P.]. 

 Seebohm 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. 



D. W. Mitchell, Esq. [P.]. 



