Tyto alba, Owl egg

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Description:

One of four northern barn owl (Tyto alba pratincola) eggs collected from the east branch of the Cooper River, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) south-southeast of S.C. Rt. 402, near Bossis plantation in Berkeley county, South Carolina (see CBE907 - CBE910). The clutch had been freshly laid prior to being collected by T. P. White. The clutch was later aquired by Alexander Sprunt, Jr. who noted: "nest in an old rice mill in bank of river."

Original set mark: 1/4, Sprunt collection.