Richardson (op . cit .) shows half grown nestlings in late March 1954• About 
2,700 pairs were present during the breeding seasons of 1956-57 and 1957-58 
(Bice and Kenyon, 1962 ). 
The FOBS? has found nestlings one-quarter to one-third grown in March 
o-P 1965, 64 and 65 . About 1750 were present in March 
1964, and 1300 in March 1965 . By July 1965 only 200 large nestlings remained. 
Movement : An adult banded at Kure Atoll in early January 1964 was recaptured 
on Lisianski in March 1965* 
Other Specimens : USNM 300828, cf, 17 May 1923; USNM 300829, c f, 18 May 1923• 
Laysan Albatross (Diomedea immutabills ) 
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Current Status : Breeds annually. 
Prior Becords : This albatross was first reported from Lisianski by Herr C. 
Isenbeck in late March or early April 1828 , and reported in the literature 
in the same manner as described for the previous species. The birds Were 
"plentiful," "living on the flat ground" (Kittlitz, eg. cit.). 
Laysans were next reported for the island when Palmer and Munro collected 
there for Eothschild in late June 1891 (Bothschild, o£. cit. ). They found 
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them nesting over the whole island, but not as thick as on Laysan Island, 
and collected two partial albino nestlings (Munro, 1942). 
In March 1913 Bailey (1952) noted only that this species was not as 
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numerous as B. nigripes . Munter (op. cit .) found birds nesting on all parts 
of the island in March 1915. Young birds, still in pin feathers, were fairly 
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numerous. Very few eggs were found, and no dead young or adults were noted. 
About 10,000 birds were present. Wetmore (unpub. noteB, 1923) estimated 
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that there were not more than 800 pairs on the island in May 1923. Nestlings 
