Kelp Goose Egg (Chloephaga hybrida)

bird egg

ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
Africa, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha; Chile; Falkland Islands
before 1885
egg

Kelp Goose Egg (Chloephaga hybrida); native to southern Chile and the Falkland Islands, likely collected elsewhere and brought to Tristan da Cunha before 1885. Medium-large, beige-white egg shell, pointed at both ends, with a small hole where the egg was drained, the number 3 written in pencil, and 'Kelp Goose' written in ink in handwriting different from the rest of the collection; likely collected by another person and gifted to Beetham family on Tristan da Cunha. Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

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