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2. North America (Smiths. Inst). 



2. Lake Beglea, California (F. Gruber), 



5. Haro Channel, Vancouver Island 



(Br. Imall). 

 7. Bering lal., Commander Group, 



latli July. 

 1. Kurile Island, Japan (H. J. Snow). 



Salvin-Grodman Coll. 



Purchased. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Plumper.' 



G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 



Esq. [P.], 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Genus PEATERCULA, Eriss. 



Pratercula arctica (Linn.). 



Alca arctica, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. vc. fiof. 7, n-e (1846-64). 



Fratercula arctica, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 80. fig. 6 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 466, pi. cxxvii. flp;. ii (1856) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. viii. p. 599 (1877) ; Baird, Brewer Sr Ridqw. Water 

 Birds N. Am. ii. p. 524 (1884); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 364, pi. 45 

 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds,-p. 96, pi. 26. figs. 1, 2 (1896) ; Dlvon, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 9i ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 616 (1898) ; Sharpe, 

 Handel, i. p. 133 (1899). 



The eggs of the Puffin are of a rather pointed oval form, rough, 

 chalky, and without glosi|. The ground is white or bluish white, 

 and this is spotted and blotched with pale purple or grey, and 

 frequently it is also marked with some yellowish-brown spots 

 and streaky scrawls. In some specimens, the markings are larger 

 and more prominent than in others. Some examples have so few 

 markings, and these are so small, that until closely examined they 

 appear to be of a spotless white. With incubation, the shell 

 becomes of a dark mahogany-brown colour. They measure from 

 2-15 to 2*7 in length, and from 1-55 to 1-75 in breadth. 



2. 



6. 

 12. 

 10. 



4. 



Labrador. 



Greenland, 22nd June. 

 Greenland ( Whiteaves : Montreal 



Museum). 

 West Greenland. 

 Saltee Islands, Ireland, 28th May 



(H. Saunders). 

 Faroe Islands (£f. C. Miiller: 



Hargitt Coll.). 

 Faroe Islands (H. C. Miiller). 

 St. Kilda(C. i)uo»). 

 Fam Islands, 1st June (E. Hargitt). 

 Farn Islands, 28th May (H. See- 

 bohm). 

 Fam Islands, 24th May (E. V. 



Seebohm). 

 N. Warmsey, Fam Islands, 18th 



June (O. Sttlvin). 

 Tenby, Wales. 

 Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, May 



(H. Saunders). 

 Penzance. 



Sir H. Peelc [P.]. 

 Seehohtn 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. 



D. W. Mitchell, Esq. [P.], 



