Gelochelidon nilotica, Tern egg

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One of four Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica aranea) eggs (CBE2011-CBE2014) collected by Ernest Cutts from Deveaux Bank near Rockville, South Carolina in June 1963. Cutts described the nest as "few reed stems placed in slight slight indenture in sand on large sand bar at mouth of North Edisto River in colony of terns and black skimmers." The eggs had been freshly laid at the time of collection and identification was confirmed by observing the nearby birds.

Original set mark: 63.85, Cutts collection