﻿542 
  Mr. 
  II. 
  O. 
  Forbes 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  

  

  44. 
  Pelecanoides 
  berardi. 
  

  

  Pelecanoides 
  berardi, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  2'J8. 
  

   This 
  bird 
  breeds 
  on 
  Pittas 
  Island 
  . 
  

  

  45. 
  Prion 
  turtur. 
  

  

  Prion 
  turtur, 
  Bailor, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  209. 
  

  

  40. 
  Prion 
  vittatus. 
  

  

  Prion 
  vittatus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  212. 
  

  

  Eggs. 
  — 
  Elongate, 
  ellipsoid, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  wider 
  at 
  one 
  

   end 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  Dimensions: 
  2*2 
  x 
  1"39, 
  r9Ixl"40, 
  

   1-80 
  X 
  1 
  30, 
  1-88 
  X 
  1-40. 
  Colour 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  

  

  -/-'47. 
  QESTRELATA 
  AXILLARIS. 
  

  

  (Estrelata 
  axillaris, 
  Salvin, 
  Bull. 
  Brit. 
  Orn. 
  Chib, 
  i. 
  

   p. 
  xxxiii. 
  

  

  -tL48. 
  Ossifraga 
  gigantea. 
  

  

  Ossifraga 
  gigantea, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  225. 
  

  

  -j^ 
  49. 
  PUFFINUS 
  griseus. 
  

  

  Puffinus 
  griseus, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  232. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  vary 
  in 
  form 
  from 
  ovate 
  to 
  rotundo-ovate 
  and 
  

   oblongo-ovate. 
  Colour 
  white. 
  Dimensions 
  : 
  3"! 
  X 
  2*15, 
  

   3-2 
  X 
  20, 
  2-85 
  x 
  195, 
  30 
  x 
  1-95, 
  3-2 
  x 
  2'0, 
  28 
  x 
  202, 
  

   31x21, 
  3-1 
  X 
  1-9, 
  2-7 
  X 
  1-82, 
  3-1 
  x 
  1-9, 
  3-02 
  x 
  1-9. 
  

  

  f-bO. 
  Pelagodroma 
  marina. 
  

  

  Pelagodroma 
  marina, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  248. 
  

  

  Eggs. 
  — 
  Elliptical 
  in 
  shape. 
  Dimensions: 
  1*4 
  x 
  1*0, 
  1-4 
  x 
  

   1"0. 
  Ground-colour 
  white 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  

   dots 
  of 
  heliotrope-purple 
  and 
  lavender-grey, 
  M'ith 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  

   seal-brown 
  interspersed, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  sparsely 
  with 
  

   vinaceous 
  buff. 
  In 
  some 
  specimens 
  the 
  end 
  is 
  thickly 
  dusted 
  

   over 
  with 
  the 
  finest 
  vinaceous-rufous 
  dots, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  rest 
  

   of 
  the 
  egg 
  they 
  are 
  scarcely 
  recognizable. 
  

  

  51. 
  Garrodia 
  nereis. 
  (Plate 
  XIV. 
  fig. 
  3, 
  egg.) 
  

  

  Garrodia 
  nereis, 
  Buller, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  247. 
  

  

  Egg. 
  — 
  Form 
  short 
  ellipsoid. 
  Dimensions 
  : 
  1-2 
  x 
  1*0. 
  

   Ground-colour 
  white, 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  ring 
  of 
  drab-reddish 
  

   and 
  fine 
  hair-like 
  streaks 
  round 
  one 
  end. 
  

  

  