Egg
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Egg
Measurements
37 mm (Width); 40 mm (Length)
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 583690.2
Summary
One of two common land rails eggs. Displayed as 262. Cream egg with large mottled spots. Smallest egg out of the two with larger speckles. Two blow holes, one at the tip and one at the base.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
On a separate label: Corncrake, Land Rail. (Gallinula crex.)