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Five eggs collected on the Terra Nova expedition
Details
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1914
Five eggs collected on the Terra Nova expedition
comprising: 'KING PENGUIN APTENOYTES PATAGONICA'; [Chinstrap Penguin] 'PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA. S. GEORGIA.'; 'ROCKY PENGUIN'; 'PENGIN'S EGG'; and 'Albatross WANDERING ALBATROSS (DIOMEDIA EXULANS)'
5½in. (13.9cm.) long and smaller
together with two whale teeth (7)
Five eggs collected on the Terra Nova expedition
comprising: 'KING PENGUIN APTENOYTES PATAGONICA'; [Chinstrap Penguin] 'PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA. S. GEORGIA.'; 'ROCKY PENGUIN'; 'PENGIN'S EGG'; and 'Albatross WANDERING ALBATROSS (DIOMEDIA EXULANS)'
5½in. (13.9cm.) long and smaller
together with two whale teeth (7)
Provenance
Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Lord Mountevans (1880-1957), according to a note accompanying the lot.
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