Title: Skua chick and eggs found in same nest. Chick about 1 week. Jan. 6th 1911.
Reference: P2005/5/137
Reference: P2005/5/137
Title: Skua chick and eggs found in same nest. Chick about 1 week. Jan. 6th 1911.
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Jan 6th 1911. 95. McCormicks Antarctic Skua Gull’s Chick and Eggs found in same nest, Chick about one week old.;Hand written on top of envelope: 95. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I. Hand written in blue crayon: B/16849 A;Box 3: Hand written by Ponting (?) on inside lid: Mr H.G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus, W.1. and on outside A250 – ?320. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting: Scott’s Antarctic Expedition Expedition 1911-1912. 73 – 112A. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. … negatives. Scratched.;Typed label: 95. Skua chick and eggs found in same nest. Chick about 1 week. Jan. 6th 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: A Skua chick sits on gravel next to two eggs.