LIST AND DESCRIPTION 



OF THE 



SPECIES OF BIRDS 



FROM 



LAYS AN AND THE NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS. 



1. ACROCEPHALUS FAMILI ARIS (Bothch.). 



MILLER-BIItt). 



Tatare familiaris, Rothsch. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1892, x. p. 109. 



Adult male. Upper parts greyish brown, rather warmer in tinge on the rump, much paler on 

 the sides of the head ; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers externally margined with 

 huffy brown; tail apparently slightly rounded; wing somewhat rounded, the first 

 primary rudimentary, only about 0'3 inch in length, second primary 0*4 inch shorter 

 than the third and in length between the eighth and ninth, the ninth and following 

 quills much shorter than the former. TJnderparts, together with the chin and throat, 

 buffy white. Total length about 4J inches, exposed culmen 0*6 to 065, wing 2'45 to 

 2-55, tail 2-4, tarsus 0'8 to 0'9. 



Adult female. Closely resembles the male. 



" Iris light brown ; bill blackish ; lower mandible paler and more bluish grey ; legs greyish 

 brown with a bluish tinge ; soles of feet lighter." 



Hab. Island of Laysan. 



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