Antarctic Tern (Tristan subspecies) Egg (Sterna vittata tristanensis)

bird egg

ZOOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
Africa, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha
before 1885
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Antarctic Tern (Tristan subspecies) Egg (Sterna vittata tristanensis), native to the Southern Hemisphere and Tristan da Cunha is part of specific subspecies, likely collected on Tristan da Cunha before 1885. Small, greenish-brown egg shell with darker brown splotches and streaks, a jagged hole where the egg was drained, and the number 6 written in pencil. Overall: 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.

2020.35.16