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| Keywords: Eggs of North American birds (Page 13) (6237618170).jpg EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 18 <br> ORDER III TUBIN ARES Tube-nosed Swimmers <br> Birds of this order invariably breed on islands usually re- <br> mote from the mainland <br> Eggs white and seldom spotted <br> Family VI DIOMEDEID Albatrosses <br> Large birds which seldom if ever approach the shore of the <br> mainland keeping well out at sea <br> 81 Black-footed Albatross Diomedea nigripes Eggs <br> unknown Occurs in North Pacific on the west coast of North <br> America <br> 82 Short-tailed Albatross Diomedea albatrus Eggs <br> 1 oval with the ends rounded dull white ; 2 50 - - 3 95 to 2 60 <br> -j- 4 00 Breeds on the Pacific islands Occurs in the Pacific <br> Ocean northward to Bering's Strait including the Western <br> coast of America <br> 83 Yellow-nosed Albatross TJialassogeron culminatus <br> Eggs unknown Breeds in the Indian and South Pacific <br> Oceans Casual off the coast of Oregon <br> 84 Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fuliginosa Eggs 1 <br> white spotted on one end ; shell thin and smooth ; 3 95 -j- <br> 2 60 to 3 95 - - 2 64 Breeds in the Southern Ocean in Novem- <br> ber in caves Occurs in the oceans of the Southern Hemis- <br> phere northward to the coast of Oregon <br> Family VII PROCELLARIIM Fulmars and Shear- <br> waters <br> Also birds of the ocean but rather more often seen near <br> land than the Albatross Size alone distinguishes their eggs <br> 85 Giant Fulmar Ossifraga gigantea Eggs 1 elliptical <br> dirty white shell rough; 2 66 -j- 4 25 to 2 70 + 2 30 Breeds <br> and occurs in the Indian Ocean Casual off the coast of <br> Oregon 13764128 48899 13894 Page 13 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764128 1890 10 5962/bhl title 13894 Maynard C J NameFound Diomedea albatrus NameConfirmed Diomedea albatrus EOLID 1178534 NameBankID 2474763 NameFound Diomedea nigripes NameConfirmed Diomedea nigripes EOLID 10367399 NameBankID 2474800 NameFound Ossifraga gigantea NameConfirmed Ossifraga gigantea NameFound Phoebetria fuliginosa NameConfirmed Phoebetria fuliginosa Biodiversity Heritage Library ABC of fox hunting Birds Eggs Nests North America SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries bhl page 13764128 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/13764128 north america sil smithsonian institution libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-10-12 Check categories 2015 September 22 PD-old-70-1923 Eggs of North American birds Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike | ||||
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