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The eggs of tie Short-tailed Albatross are dull white, and 

 are marked at the larger end with a profusion of red spots and 

 hlotches, many of which are confluent and form a very distinct cap. 

 Isolated spots and markings of various sizes are often scattered 

 over the shell. The eggs measure from 4-4 to 4-9 in length, and 

 from 2-75 to 3-05 in breadth. 



12. Bonin Islands, Japan, Nov. (P. A. Seebohm ColL 

 HoM). 



Diomedea irrorata, Salvin. 



Diomedea irrorata, Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 445 (1898) ; Rothsch. 

 Sf Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 192 (1899) ; Sharpe, Handel, i. p. 129 

 (1899). 



The eggs of the Waved Albatross are dull white. Three specimens 

 in the Collection are perfectly plain. Two others have a few pale 

 purple spots and blotches at the broader end. They measure from 

 3-76 to 4-27 in length, and from 2-64 to 2-75 in breadth. 



3. Hood Island, Galapagos, 26th Oct. Webster-Harris Exped. 



(iJ. H. Beck). 

 1. Hood Island, 26th Oct. (C. M. Webster-Harris Exped. 



Harris). 

 1. Hood Island, 26th Oct. {F. P. Webster-Harris Exped. 



Drowne). 



Diomedea nigripes, Auduh. 



Diomedea nigripes, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. ii. 

 p. 3.55 (1884) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1891, p. 191 ; Salmn, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxv. p. 445 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 129 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Black-footed Albatross in the Collection is 

 dull brownish white, without markings. It measures 4-2 by 2'5. 



1. Sulphur Island, Bonin Group, Japan, Seebohm Coll. 

 Sth June (P. A. Hoist). 



Diomedea melanophrys, Temm. 



Diomedea melanophrys, Abbott, Ibis, 1881, p. 165 ; Gould, Handb. Birds 

 Austr. ii. p. 438 (1865) ; Salvin, Zool. ' Challenger ' Exped. ii. pt. viii. 

 p. 148 (1880) ; Sd. t. c. p. 151 (1880) ; BuUer, Birds New Zeal. 

 2nd ed. ii. p. 198 (1888) ; Salvin, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 447 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 129 (1899) ; Hall, Ibis, 1900,, p. 17. 



The eggs of the Black-eyebrowed Albatross are dull white, with, 

 a well-marked cap of rufous specks and blotches at the larger end. 

 The three examples obtained by the ' Challenger ' Expedition are 

 of very different sizes and are said to be eggs of the first, sedond, 

 and third year respectively. The smallest of these measures 3'8 by 

 2"1. Full-sized specimens measure from 3'8 to 4-5 in length, andj 

 from 2-45 to 2-7 in breadth. 



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