Su pplement to The Emu — Vol IX. 



R. Friediander & Sohii, Buchhaiidlung , Berlin N.W. 6. 



The Avifauna of Laysan 



and the Neighbouring Islands: with a complete History to date of the 



Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions 



by 



The Hon. Walter Rothsehild, Ph. D. 



Illustrated with coloured and black plates by Messrs. Keulemans and 



Frohawk, and plates from photographs, showing bird- life and scenery. 



[55 coloured, 20 collotype and 8 lithographic plates.J 



1893-1900. 



XX and 341 pages letterpress and 83 plates. Imperial-Quarto. 



Price 255 Mark [= £ 12.12 =■ Fr. 318.75]. 



Contents : Preface. Literature referring to the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. 

 - On the origin and distiibution of the Hawaiian Avifauna. List of plates. — 

 :he Island of Laysan. — List and description of the species of Birds from 

 jaysan and the neighbouring islands. — R^sum^ of Palmer's Diary (Jan. 1891— 

 Ug. 1893). — History of the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. — List of 

 Jirds introduced into the Sandwich Islands. — Birds erroneously reporced to occur 

 >n the Sandwich Islands. — Additions, Supplements and Corrections. — Complete 

 ist of the Birds known from the Hawaiian Possessions. — Lists of the Birds from 

 ,he various islands. — Index. 



Scattered about in a north-westerly direction from the Sandwich Islands are 

 I number of small islands, rocks and reefs, namely: Necker Isle, French Frigate 

 Shoals, Gardner Island, Maro Reef, Lisiansky, Laysan, or MoUer Island, and some 

 others. Although Ornithologists have had their eyes on these islands for a long 

 time, they had not been trodden by the foot of any Ornithologist until the hon. 

 Walter Rothschild sent his collectors to explore them. Sir W. Rothschild's men 

 have been actively engaged for several years in the islands of the Hawaiian Ar- 

 chipelago and many species of birds, new to science, have been discovered by them ; 

 these birds, with others, are figured here in a series of 55 hand-coloured plates 

 delineated by Mr. J. 0. Keulemans and Mr. F. W. Frohawk. In addition a most 

 interesting series of collotype photographs, showing various phases of bird -life 

 and landscape, is added. 



The edition of the work was limited to 250 copies only. Little having been 

 done as yet for its distribution we have now been entrusted with the sale of the 

 remaining copies. 



