Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Auk egg
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Description:
A freshly laid Cassin's auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) egg collected from Forester's Island. Collector George Cantwell noted he found the "egg at end of 5 foot burrow in the grass at top of island." He additionally notes "nest deserted - eggs usually laid in April." Later acquired by Alexander Sprunt.
Original set mark: 41 Cantwell Collection
- Site: AK; Alaska
- Site Number: NH67
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Holocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Alcidae
- Genus: Ptychoramphus
- Species: Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Collection: Ornithology Collection
- Object Name: Auks, Penguins, Puffins
- Object Id: CBE1001
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