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Puffinus kuhli, Dresser,'Birds Eur. viii. p. 513 (1877) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 47; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 375 (1896) ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 47 ; Sharpe, Sand-l. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the Mediterranean Shearwater measure from 2'61 

 to 2'9 in length, and from 1-7 to 1-85 in breadth *. One specimen 

 possesses a considerable amount of gloss. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Cerbicali Islands, Corsica, 2nd June 



{J. Whitehead). 

 Cerbicali Islands, 2nd June. 

 Vacca, Sardinia, 26th May. 

 Islet of Filfla, off Malta, June (C. 



A. Wright). 

 Isle near Naxos, Cyclades, 17th June Seebohm Coll. 



(T. Sniper). 



J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Fufflnus pufBnus (Linn.). 



Puffiuus anglorum, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vog. tab. 55. fig. 6 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 614, pi. cxliv. fig. i (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 517, part. (1876) ; Baird, Brewer ^ 

 Bidgxo. Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 884 (1884) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, iii. p. 420, pi. 66 (1885) ; Dixon, Ms, 1885, p. 94 ; Seebohm, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 72, pi. 20. fig. 1 (1896) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxv. p. 377 (1896). 



Puffinus puffinus, Sharpe, Handnl. i. p. 123 (1899). 



The eggs of the Manx Shearwater measure from 2'25 to 2-5 in 

 length, and from 1-53 to 1"8 in breadth. 



3. 



3. 



Faroe Islands, 16th May {H.C.MUller: 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 18th May {II. C. M. : 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 26th May (S. C. M. : 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 28th May {H. C. M. . 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Mands, 2nd June {H. C. M. .- 



Sargitt Coll.). 

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



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 6th June {H. C. M. : 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 10th June (S. C. M. . 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands, 12th June {S. C. M. : 



Sargitt Coll.). 

 Shetland Islands (J. Hancock). 

 Orkney Islands. 

 Hoy, Orkney Islands, May 



{J. S. Dunn: Sargitt Coll.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



* The eggs of this species figured by Thienemann are much smaller than 

 any of those in the CoUection. 



