ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 



PLATE I. Buildings on Laysan Island 



II. Albatross wings piled in old guano shed 



III. Nesting colony of Hawaiian terns 



IV. Fig. 1. White terns or love birds. Fig. 2. Colony of wedge-tailed 



shearwaters 



V. Laysan albatross rookery 



VI. Fig. 1. Christmas Island shearwater on nest. Fig. 2. Red-tailed 



tropic bird with young 



VII. Fig. 1. Blue-faced booby. Fig. 2. Red-footed booby 



VIII. Man-o'-war birds on nests - 



IX. Fig. 1. Laysan teal. Fig.- 2. Bristle-thighed curlew. Fig. 3. 

 Laysan rail 



TEXT FIGURE. 



FIG. 1. Map of Laysan Island 



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