Anas acuta, Pintail Egg

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Description:

One of five northern pintail eggs (Anas acuta) collected from Antler, North Dakota by D. Ogg in May 1916 (see CBE792-CBE796). Ogg noted the nest was "made of weeds, lined with dry grass and down in stubble field." Incubation of the clutch was well advanced by the time of collection. This egg, along with the rest of the clutch, was later acquired by Alexander Sprunt, Jr.

Original set mark: 1/5, Ogg collection.