PELECANOIDID^. — DIOMEDEID^. 161 



Family PELECANOTDID.^. 



The eggs of tie Petrels of this , Family are either spheroidal or 

 elliptical in form, hut occasionally a specimen is of a broad oval 

 shape. They are fairly smooth, quite glossless and plain white ; 

 but apparently they soon become discoloured. 



Genus PELECANOIDES, Lacep. 



Pelecanoides urinatrix ((?m.). 



Pelecanoides urinatrix, Sharpe, Phil. Tram. 168. p. 114 (1879) ; Saunders 

 t. c. p. 164 (1879) ; Biiiler, Birds of New Zeal. 2Dd ed. ii. p. 207 

 (1888) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1898, p. 541 ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv 



. p. 4.37 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 128 (1899). 



Pelecanoides berardi, Buller, Birds of New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii v 208 

 (1888). . ' ^ 



The eggs of the Diving- Petrel measure from 1-3 to 1-55 in length, 

 and from 1-1 to 1*3 in breadth. 



2. Kerguelen Island (A. E. Eaton). Royal Society 



2. Kerguelen Ialand,31st Oct. (^.^.^.). Royal Society 

 1. Kerguelen Island, 19th Nov. (A. Royal Society 



E. E.), 



3. Kerguelen Island, 27th Nov. {A. Royal Society [P.] 



[P.]. 



E. E.). 



Pelecanoides gamoti {Less.). 



(Plate XII. fig. 8.) 



Pelecanoides gamoti, (ScZ. 2boZ. ' Challenger' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 151 

 (1880) ; Salmn, t. c. p. 146 (1880) ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 439 

 (1896) ;. Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 128 (1899). 



The three eggs of Garnet's Diving Petrel in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-55 by 1-22 ; 1-55 by 1-25; 1-61 by 1-3. 



1. Kerguelen Island. Voy. H.M.S. ' Oh'allenger. 



. 2. Falkland Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' (.'hallenger. 



Family DIOMEDEID^. 



The eggs of the Albatrosses are coarse in texture and ■without 

 gloss. They are usually of an elongated oval form with the smaller 

 end compressed and very often abruptly enlarged at the tip. They 

 vary from dull white to pale yellow in colour, and the broad end is 

 usually covered with a profusion of reddish-brown specks and dots 

 which form a cap. These markings also frequently extend over 

 a considerable portion of the shell. 



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