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latter localities is it so plentiful as in Bass’s Straits and the 
Tasmanian waters. The eggs of this species have been known to 
Australian oologists for some years past from numerous specimens 
taken on the smaller islands of Bass’s Straits, they show no differ¬ 
ence either in size and shape from those previously described by 
various authors. They are rounded ovals in form, some specimens 
being slightly pointed at the smaller end, others being nearly 
equal in size at each end, pure white when newly laid, but like 
those of other members of the Procellarida , soon becoming more 
or less stained and soiled as they approach the time of hatching. 
Average specimens measure as follows : — (A) 1-48 x 1-23 inch ; 
(B) 1 -6 x 1-2 inch ; (C) l - 53 x 1'2 inch. 
These birds were recently found breeding on North-East Island 
by the members of a party from the Field Naturalist's Club of 
Victoria, who paid a visit to the Kent Group in Bass’s Straits, 
during November 1890 ; they were too late however to obtain 
any eggs the burrows at that time containing only young birds 
nearly fledged. 
