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R. Friedländer & Sohn, Buchhandlung, 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 [137 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph. D. 



Illustrated with coloured and black plates by Messrs. Keulemans and 

 Frohawk, and plates from photographs, showing bird-]ife and scenerv. 

 [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 referriDg to the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. 

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

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

 Laysan and the neighbouring islands. — Rösume of Palmer's Diary (Jan. 1891 — 

 Aug. 1898). — History of the Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. — List of 

 Birds introduced into the Sandwich Islands. — Birds erroneously reported to occur 

 on the Sandwich Islands. — Additions, Supplements and Corrections. — Complete 

 list of the Birds known from tbe Hawaiian Possessions. — Lists of the Birds from 

 the various islands. — Index. 



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

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

 Shoals, Gardner Island, Maro Reef, Lisiansky, Laysan, or Moller 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. Rothschilds 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. G. 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. 



