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THE BIRDS OF LORD HOWE AND NORFOLK 

 ISLANDS. 



By a. F. Basset Hull, Sydney. 



The literature relative to the birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk 

 Islands is by no means voluminous, and is at the same time so 

 scattered that no little research is required to arrive at a know- 

 ledge of what has already been chronicled. 



In his 'Handbook of the Birds of Australia,'(Vol.ii., Appendix, 

 pp.526-550: 1864) Gould described four species from Norfolk 

 Island; one (the extinct J^esfor productus) irom. Phillip Island; 

 and three from Lord Howe Island, all of which had been figured 

 in the folio edition. 



In his ' Tabular List of the Birds of Australia '(1888), Ramsay 

 enumerated 28 species for Lord Howe Island, 14 for Norfolk 

 Island, and 14 common to both islands. Many of these species, 

 however, especially those recorded from Lord Howe Island, are 

 merely casual visitors. 



The principal descriptive articles relative to the nests and eggs 

 of the birds found breeding on these islands are the following: — 



(1) Crowfoot, W. M., M.D. — "Notes on the Breeding Habits 

 of certain Sea-birds frequenting Norfolk Island, and the adjoin- 

 ing Islets." Ibis, iii., 5th ser., p.263, 1885. 



(2) North, A. J. — " Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding 

 on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands." Aust. Mus. Cat. No. 12, 

 Appendix, p.372 and p.407, 1899. [Two separate articles.] 



(3) North, A. J. — " Notes on the Oology of Lord Howe 

 Island." Aust. Mus. Memoirs, No. 2, Lord Howe Island, 1889. 



The first of these articles is based entirely upon information 

 furnished to Dr. Crowfoot by Dr. P. H. Metcalfe, Resident 

 Medical Officer at Norfolk Island, to whom also North acknow- 



