Kelp Gull Egg (Larus dominicanus) (tentative ID)

bird egg

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

Kelp Gull Egg (Larus dominicanus) (tentative ID); native to Southern Hemisphere coastlines, likely collected on nearby breeding grounds and brought to Tristan da Cunha before 1885. One of three egg shells possibly belonging to the kelp gull; all three may have been collected from the same nest. Medium sized, pointed at one end, and covered with uneven spots in shades of brown with a small hole where the egg was drained and the number 14 written in pencil. Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.

2020.35.17