MEGALB8TBIS. 



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surface-markings are yellowish brown or dark brown of various 

 shades, sometimes approaching black. The underlying markings 

 are grey or pale purple and rather inconspicuous. The eggs 

 measure from 2'4 to 3 in length, and from 1-75 to 2 in breadth. 



Iceland (Hargitt Coll.}. 



North Iceland ( C. Steineke : Hargitt 



Coll.}. 



N. Iceland (C. S. : Hargitt Coll.}. 

 X. Iceland (C. S. : Hargitt Coll.}. 

 N. Iceland (C. S.: Hargitt Coll.) 

 N. Iceland (C. S. : Hargitt Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands. 



Faroe Islands (H. C. Miller). 

 Faroe Islands, 22nd May (H. W. 



Feilden). 

 Faroe Islands. 



Faroe Islands (Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, lst-9th June (H. C.M.: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M.; Hargitt 



Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. M. : Hargitt 



Coll.}. 

 Wideroe, Faroe Islands (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.}. 

 Faroe Islands, 30th May (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll}. 

 Faroe Islands, 1st June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 1st June (H. C. M. 



Hargitt Coll.). 

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



Hargitt Coll.}. 

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



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 26th June (H. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 



Foula, Shetlands, June (Umfray). 

 Foula, 25th May (J. Harcus). 

 Unst, Shetlands (A. Newton). 

 Orkney Islands ( W. Dunn). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohin Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohin Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 E. Hargitt, Esq. [P.]. 

 Saunders Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. , 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 

 Hereford Museum [E.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Megalestris chilensis, BJJ. 



Megalestris chilensis, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 318 (1896) 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 144 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Chilian Skua in the Collection is a pointed 

 oval and inseparable from many of the eggs of the Great Skua. 



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