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May, 1919 SOME NOTES ON THE EGG Ol? ?4EPYORIV?r$ M?4XIMU$ 99 stories to be traditional. Indeed, there is no evidenee to indieate Aepyor- his survived until the appearanee of man on the island. "The first proof of the existenee of this bird was brought to light through Fig. 21. E? OF AEPYOBNIS, UPPER SIDE AS REGARDS PROBABLE ORIOINAL POSITION; A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF NATURAL SIZE. the finding of 'fossil' fragments of egg-shell, and these are presumed to be the basis of the story of the fabled 'Roe'. It was not until 1851 that perfeet