BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND NOT FIGURED BY BULLER. 
Hypoleucus colensoi. 
Eggs. Ovoid, pale bluish, with smooth outer chalky layer ; 57 to 60 mm. 
by 36.5 to 39. (Auckland Island.) 
Stictocarbo featherstoni. Pitt Island Shag. 
Eggs. Clutch two to three. Ovoido-elliptic; pale blue, with chalky 
outside layer ; 54*5 to 60 mm. by 33 to 38. 
Nest. Placed on the sea cliffs. Almost restricted to Pitt Island and 
off-lying islets. 
Stictocarbo punctatus. Spotted Shag. 
Eggs. Clutch two or three. Elliptic, blunt at both ends, or one end more 
obtuse than the other. Pale blue, with chalky outside layer. 54 to 57 mm. 
by 35. (Waiheke Island.) 
The following descriptions of the eggs of Chatham Island birds are taken 
from the Ibis for October, 1893, by H. 0. Forbes. 
Eudyptula minor iredalei. 
Rotundo-ovate in shape, white; 55—58 mm. by 42—43. 
Huttonena modestus. 
Nest. They nest in holes in the ground. 
Egg. Nearly white, but its Ralline character is indicated by a faint 
double spotting of grey and rufous. 37 mm. by 28. (Fig., pi. xiv., fig. 4.) 
Garrodia nereis. 
A short ellipsoid in shape. White, with a ring of drab-reddish and fine hair¬ 
like streaks round one end. 31 mm. by 25. (Fig., pi. xiv., fig. 3.) 
Pelagodroma marina maoriana. 
Elliptical in shape. White ; one end covered with fine dots of heliotrope- 
purple and lavender-grey, with a few of seal-brown interspersed ; at the other, 
sparsely with vinaceous-buff. In some specimens the end is tliicldy dusted 
over with the finest vinaceous-rufous dots, while on the rest of the egg they 
are scarcely recognisable. 36 mm. by 25. 
Neoneclris griseus. 
From ovate to rotundo-ovate, and oblongo-ovate, in shape; white. 
71-81 mm. by 47-53. 
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