Southern (Brown) Skua Egg (Stercorarius antarcticus)

bird egg

ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
Africa, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha
before 1885
egg

Southern (Brown) Skua Egg (Stercorarius antarcticus); species native to the Southern Hemisphere, possibly collected on Tristan da Cunha before 1885. Light brown egg shell, intact, with dark brown spots, one crack, a small hole where the egg was drained, and the number 2 written in pencil. Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.

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