Larus occidentalis, Gull egg

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Description:

One of three western gull eggs (Larus occidentalis occidentalis) collected from Castle Rock Island (see CBE1879 - CBE1881). Stevens slip noted the incubation had started a week prior to collection and the nest was "a slight depression in ground, lined with grasses, behind bush to be out of wind." The eggs identification was made after observing a parent flying from the nest as the collector approached. They were later acquired by Ernest Cutts.

Original set mark: 25/1, Stevens Collection
Cutts Collection