Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin Egg (Eudyptes moseleyi)

bird egg

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

Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin Egg (Eudyptes moseleyi); native to select islands in the Southern Hemisphere, likely collected on Tristan da Cunha before 1885. Medium-large, off-white egg with the number 12 written in pencil, a small hole where the egg was drained, and a paper label affixed reading "Penguin Egg". Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.

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