446 G. JE. Ve7'rill — Some Birds and Eggs collected at 



size, the large eggs of D. exulans having a correspondingly coarse 

 texture and rough surface. The individual variation, however, in 

 the different eggs of each species is considerable, some being much 

 rougher and coarser than others. 



The ground-color of the eggs of this species is white, with a 

 slight grayish tint, much like that of the preceding species, but not 

 so clear, and pure white, as in D. exulans. The whole Qgg is covered 

 with minute specks of reddish brown of about the same tint as in 

 the last species, and, as in that case, giving a dusky hue to the ^gg 

 at a little distance, but the number of specks varies much in differ- 

 ent eggs. In all but two, the specks become larger and thicker 

 about the large end, occasionally forming a slight zone, but gener- 

 ally simply darkening that end a little. In four specimens there are 

 also a few larger spots, scattered irregularly over the Qgg, as in the 

 other species and, as with them, they scale off when very dry. The 

 single Qgg from South Georgia does not differ from the Gough 

 Island eggs except in size, it being larger than the others. 



The following table gives the measurements of all the eggs of this 

 species in the collection. 



Locality. 



Measurements. 



Ratio of axes. 



Remarks. 



South Georgia 



4-20 X 2-72 



1 to -605 



Shaped hke D. exulans, capacity 250^<=. 



Gough Island 



4-23 X 2-52 



1 to -596 



Longest and narrowest. 





3-70 X 2-63 



1 to -701 



Shortest and smallest. 





3-86 X 2-68 



1 to -694 







4-22 X 2-53 



1 to -600 







4-00 X 2-60 



1 to -650 







4-04 X 2-65 



1 to -656 



> 





4-00 X 2-74 



1 to -685 



Largest and broadest from Gough Is'd. 





4-00 X 2-65 



1 to -662 



Capacity 226«'=. 





4-09 X 2-64 



1 to -645 







4-05 X 2-57 

 (4-005 X 2.62) 



1 to -635 

 1 to -6542 



j Average of above 10 eggs from Gough 

 I Island, capacity 220^«. 



The following table gives comparative measurements of the eggs 

 of the different species of Albatross represented in these collections. 

 The last two columns give the sizes of the eggs having respectively 

 the greatest and least cubic capacity; for the extreme in any one 

 measurement, see the special tables under each species. 



