DESCRIPTIONS OF NESTS AND EGGS. 
Hypoleucus campbelli. Campbell Island Shag. 
Bill dark brown, passing into orange at the base of both mandibles. Eyes 
brown, ring round eye purple; bare skin on the face brown with red dots; 
gular pouch arterial-red ; feet flesh-colour, soles black. 
Hypoleucus ranfurlyi. Bounty Island Shag. 
Bill pale brown, darker on the culmen. Eyes brown, ring round the eye 
purple; bare skin on the face scarlet, with black spots ; gular pouch scarlet, 
merging into orange near the bill; feet light flesh-colour. 
The following are descriptions of the nest and eggs. 
Hypoleucus carunculatus. 
Eggs. Clutch two to three, elliptical, pale blue, 64 mm. to 68.4 by 43-42.5. 
Breeding-season. July to October. (Trio Islets and White Rocks off 
Marlborough Sound.) 
Hypoleucus onslowi. 
Nest. Composed of sedge and grass, rather flat and about 20 inches in 
diameter. 
Eggs. Clutch three, ovoidi-elliptic in shape; pale blue, with chalky 
outer layer, 58.5 to 63.5 mm., 38.5 to 40.5. 
Breeding-season. Fledgings and older birds in December. Breeding all 
round the shores of Chatham Island. 
Hypoleucus traversi=purpurascens. 
Eggs. Clutch two to three, ovoidi-elliptic in shape, pale blue with chalky 
outer layer. 65.5 mm. to 66 by 39 to 41. 
Hypoleucus huttoni = stewarti. 
Nest. A squat, compact pillar formed of sea-wrack and guano; the top 
is concave. Constructed of tussock grass ; each year the nests are added to 
till sometimes they are 18 inches above the surface of the rock. Diameter 
18 to 24 inches. 
Eggs and young found at all seasons of the year. October: eggs and fully 
fledged young. 
Hypoleucus chalconotus. 
Eggs. Elliptic, pale blue ; 59 by 42 mm. 
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