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was found by a man under a Pringlea plant ; but this may have been an egg of Procellaria 

 nereis. The other was deposited just above the tide-mark, in a cavity of a rock rather open to 

 the air and light. I had found the bird there one night, had taken her up in my hand, and 

 had gently replaced her in the hollow, nearly a month before the egg was laid. The young bird 

 in the egg has the tarso-metatarsal joint short. In the South-African Museum there is a 

 specimen of P. oceanica from the S.E. coast of Africa, another from the S. coast of Africa, and 

 two from Table Bay." 



Unfortunately I do not possess the egg of this Petrel ; but Professor Newton informs me that 

 one, believed to be authentic, in the Wolley collection, measures 1-28 by 081 inch. 



The specimen figured, on the same Plate with JBulweria columbina, is the one above 

 described, and is in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 

 a, <$ . Thirty miles west of Fayal, May 21st, 1865 (F. D. Godman). b, ad. Bay of Fundy (J. Krider). 



E Mus. Brit. Beg. 



a. Yarmouth, b. Atlantic Ocean (Rev. W. Hennah). c. South Africa (Sir A. Smith), d. South Australia 

 (Sir G. Grey), e. Lat. 36 J° N., long. 12^° W. (J. Macgillivray). f. Off Louis-Philippe Island (Ant- 

 arctic Expedition) . g, <S ad. Royal Sound, Kerguelen Island (Rev. A. E. Eaton) . 



