Leucophaeus atricilla, Gull egg

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Description:

One of three laughing gull eggs (Leucophaeus atricilla atricilla) collected from Bird [Key] Island, Stono Inlet. Cutts noted on his slip that the nest was comprised of "reed stems and placed on ground in rank grass on top of sand dune on sand bar used as nesting site this species and hundreds of terns." The eggs' incubation was fresh upon collection and their identification was made by observing the birds present in the area (see CBE1941 - CBE1943).

Synonym: Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758
Original set mark: 58.107, Cutts Collection