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  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  

  

  French-grey, 
  and 
  cinereous. 
  In 
  the 
  darker 
  drab 
  eggs 
  the 
  

   spots 
  are 
  blotchy 
  and 
  dirty 
  brown. 
  One 
  specimen 
  has 
  a 
  ring 
  

   of 
  pale 
  sea-green 
  near 
  its 
  pointed 
  end. 
  

  

  24. 
  Larus 
  bulleri. 
  

  

  Lurus 
  hulleri, 
  Bullev, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  25. 
  Sterna 
  frontalis. 
  

  

  Sterna 
  frontalis, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  68. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  vary 
  in 
  shape 
  from 
  a 
  narrow 
  to 
  a 
  

   rounded 
  ovoid; 
  their 
  dimensions 
  are 
  l"9xl'2, 
  l"85xl"2, 
  

   1-8 
  X 
  1-22, 
  1-8 
  X 
  1-2, 
  1-87x125, 
  177x1-2. 
  The 
  ground- 
  

   colour 
  varies 
  from 
  olive-buflF 
  to 
  rich 
  cream-buff, 
  the 
  spots 
  and 
  

   blotches 
  varying 
  from 
  seal- 
  to 
  olive-brown, 
  tawny 
  olive, 
  and 
  

   blue-grey 
  fading 
  to 
  faint 
  pearl. 
  These 
  markings 
  are 
  some- 
  

   times 
  small 
  and 
  distributed 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  generally 
  over 
  the 
  egg, 
  

   though 
  always 
  more 
  abundant 
  round 
  its 
  larger 
  circumference. 
  

   In 
  some 
  specimens 
  they 
  are 
  few 
  and 
  large, 
  while 
  in 
  others 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  long 
  confluent 
  blotch 
  round 
  the 
  larger 
  circumference. 
  

  

  26. 
  Sterna 
  Antarctica. 
  

  

  Sterna 
  antarctica, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  70. 
  

  

  27. 
  Stercorarius 
  antarcticus. 
  

   Stercurarius 
  antarcticus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  63. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  distribution 
  : 
  — 
  The 
  Falkland 
  

   Islands, 
  Kerguelen 
  Land, 
  St. 
  Paul's 
  Rocks, 
  Tristan 
  

   d'Acunha, 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope, 
  Madagascar, 
  the 
  Crozets, 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  Norfolk 
  Island, 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands, 
  Camp- 
  

   bell 
  and 
  Macquarie 
  Islands. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  vary 
  from 
  ovate 
  to 
  cylindrical-ovate 
  in 
  

   shape. 
  Their 
  ground-colour 
  varies 
  from 
  cream-buif 
  to 
  tawny 
  

   drab, 
  covered 
  with 
  spots 
  and 
  blotches, 
  more 
  abundant 
  at 
  the 
  

   thick 
  end 
  and 
  round 
  their 
  greater 
  circumference 
  ; 
  the 
  spots 
  

   vary 
  from 
  umber 
  and 
  olive 
  to 
  fsecal 
  brown 
  or 
  black, 
  inter- 
  

   spersed 
  with 
  others 
  of 
  faded 
  lavender. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  

   the 
  dimensions 
  of 
  four 
  specimens 
  :— 
  3*02 
  x 
  2*12, 
  3-lx2'l, 
  

   3-1 
  x217, 
  3-0 
  X 
  21. 
  

  

  28. 
  PORPHYRIO 
  MELANONOTUS. 
  

  

  Porphyria 
  melanonotus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  79. 
  

  

  This 
  Blue 
  Water-ben 
  is 
  still 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  larger 
  islands. 
  

  

  