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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