Bird egg shell: Black-billed gull, Tarāpuka, Larus bulleri
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Shakespear, Frances Isabella Blanche (b.1879, d.1964)
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Part of a collection of predominantly Pacific region sea shells and New Zealand seabird eggs collected by Frances Shakespear. Possibly collected from by a crew member on a voyage of GSS HINEMOA, the government vessel which supplied lighthouses and castaway depots, as these gulls bred mainly on the South Island.
Diameter (mm): 32mm (1/8ft): 0 - Whole
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