Gough, Kerguelen^ and South Georgia Islands. 



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Species. 



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S. Georgia 



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S. Georgia 



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S. Georgia 



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440 



5-00 x303 



1 to -6060 



365 



3-97 x2-64 



1 to -6650 



220 



3-785 X 2-45 



1 to -6473 



180 



4-20 X2-72 



1 to -6050 



250 



4-005 X 2-62 



1 to -6542 



220 



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one only 

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5-12x3-06 



4-74x2-85 



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3-39x2-30 



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Family, Procellariid^. 

 8. Ossifraga gigantea (Gm.). Giant Fulmar. "Nellie." "Stinker." 



Procellaria gigantea Gmel., S. N., vol. i, pt. ii, 1788, p. 563. 



Ossifraga gigantea Reichenb., Syst. Av. Tubinares, p. iv, pi. 20, fig. 332 ; Kidder and 

 Coues, Bull. Nat. Mus., No. 2, p. 23; lid., op. cit., No. 3, p. 13; Sharpe, PhiloB. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc, vol. 168, p. 142; Salvin, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 737; id., Yoy. of Chal., 

 Zool., vol. ii, 2nd Mem., p. 143. 



One Qgg and a skeleton from Gough. Island and one egg from 

 South Georgia. 



Mr. Comer writes, " The ' Nellies ' are the same at all the islands. 

 These birds are gray, though when young they are almost black. As 

 they get older they become lighter and once in a great while one 

 will be seen pure white, which is, by whalers, considered a sure sign 

 of a storm. They lay separately, in open land on knolls. The 

 nests are low, and built of grass and moss. Commence laying [at 

 Gough Island] the middle of September. They lay one egg which 

 is usually quite rough, but, if robbed, will lay a second and third time. 

 These birds leave their nests when you approach them, while the 

 other birds do not. They will go into the penguin rookeries and 

 carry off the young penguins to eat, and will also reach in and pull 

 birds [petrels] out of the holes in the ground." 



Dr. Kidder gives " stinker " as the whalers' name for Majaqiieiis 

 ceqidnoctialis (op. cit., pp. 25 and 26), but Mr. Comer stated particu- 

 larly that the " stinker " and " Nellie " are the same bird and that 

 these names are only applied to this species. 



The egg from Gough Island measures 3*86 X 2*52 and that from 

 South Georgia 4*22 X 2*46. The former is ovate, tending to elliptical, 

 and rather sharp at the ends ; the other is an elongated ellipsoid, tend- 

 ing somewhat to the ovate form, also pointed at the ends. In both, 



