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markings of reddish-chestnut and reddish-brown, principally on 
the apex of the egg, intermingled with others of a purplish 
and deep bluish-grey appearing as if beneath the surface of the 
shell. Length 1-95 x 1 *44 inch. 
Ilab. Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, Australia, New Zealand. 
CESTRELATA PHILLIPII, G. li. Gray. 
Phillip’s Petrel. 
G. K. Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 246. 
This species figured in Governor Phillip’s Voyage to Botany 
Bay, as the Norfolk Island Petrel, and subsequently described by 
G. R. Gray as Procellaria phillipii, Dr. Metcalfe informs me is 
very difficult to procure on account of its nocturnal habits, and 
is only to be obtained about January when it resorts to the west 
side of the Island to breed, depositing a single egg at the end of 
a burrow in the sandy soil. During a period of ten years he has 
only obtained two birds and three eggs, one of the latter of which 
he has kindly forwarded ; it is ovoid in form, of a dull white, the 
surface of the shell having numerous shallow pittings, although 
smooth to the touch and presenting a glossy appearance. Length 
2'14 x P62 inches. 
Ilab. Norfolk Island. 
