Egg
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Egg
Measurements
29 mm (Width); 47 mm (Length)
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 583688.1
Summary
One of three Roseate Terns eggs. Displayed as 260. Cream egg with dark brown mottling. A few large dark brown patches. 2 blowholes, one on the tip and one on the bottom, with another hole in the side. Longest out of the three eggs.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
On a separate label : Roseate Tern. (Sterna Dougalli.)