Mergus serrator, Duck egg
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Description:
One of nine red-breasted merganser eggs that were collected from Laxardal, North Iceland when incubation had began and positively identified by the nesting bird (see CBE2324 - CBE2332). The nest "was placed under a slab of lava stone on a small islet in river Laxardal. It was a slight hollow in the ground lined with dead grass and mosses, also some down," (Palsson slip).
Synonym: Mergus serrator serrator Linnaeus, 1758
Original mark set: 27/3 Palsson Collection
Cutts Collection
- Site: Iceland
- Site Number: NH17
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Anseriformes
- Family: Anatidae
- Genus: Mergus
- Species: Mergus serrator
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Fowl Birds
- Object Id: CBE2332
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