Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) or Atlantic Petrel Egg (Pterodroma incerta) (tentative ID)
bird egg
ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENSAfrica, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha
before 1885
egg
Great-winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) or Atlantic Petrel Egg (Pterodroma incerta) (tentative ID); native to the Southern Hemisphere, possibly collected on Tristan da Cunha before 1885. Medium, bluish-white egg shell streaked with chalky white, pointed at one end, with scattered grey and brown staining, a small hole where the egg was drained, and the number 4 written in pencil. Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.
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