77//'; III IN) HOOK Eli I ES OF LAY SAX. 



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on Laysan, and one can well brlicvc it. Alllioii.uli a.ugregatcd most 

 densely at the rookery, these birds are everywlicix' 011 tlic island, which is 



Fig. 3. Adult Bikus were evekywherf, Sprinkled among Theji. 



in the shape of a rude qnadrilateral about two l)y one and three fourths 

 miles in area. Albatrosses are scattered everywhere, except on the tide- 



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Fig. 4. About Two Million Albatrosses make their Home on Laysan. (From a 

 photograph by Mr. Williams, of Honolulu.) 



washed beaches and on the central lagoon. They are crouching under 

 the shade of almost every bush and tuft of grass. The most conserva- 



