. The Ibis . own sixty odd years ago, lies offthe coast of German South-\Yest Africa, and is two thirds ofa mile from the mainland. It is about 30 ft. high at thebeacon, and consists of granite, quartz, shale and circumference it is rather less than a mile, while itis the most valuable of the various guano islands ownedand worked by the Government of United South the kindness of Captain Hardy, , of Mutine, I was able to land on the 3rd of December, 1910,at this interesting spot, and with the permission of theGovernment officials to collect such specimens of b
. The Ibis . own sixty odd years ago, lies offthe coast of German South-\Yest Africa, and is two thirds ofa mile from the mainland. It is about 30 ft. high at thebeacon, and consists of granite, quartz, shale and circumference it is rather less than a mile, while itis the most valuable of the various guano islands ownedand worked by the Government of United South the kindness of Captain Hardy, , of Mutine, I was able to land on the 3rd of December, 1910,at this interesting spot, and with the permission of theGovernment officials to collect such specimens of birds andeggs as I desired for the British Museum of NaturalHistory. About we sighted a white spot, and as we drewnearer perceived that it was unmistakably the island coveredwith Gannets. Apart from the island being literally a massof birds, the air and water seemed alive with them in everydirection: in fact, the only open space was around the 264 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of Text-fio-. {JHnnajTLe rocks -with cLTijci BcLTxh. Jhji£/li£rs Tiestutgj an. fZctt top-:. J^eiUfuiTLS iJV\ livtrrows xj-njderrLeaJjL ICHABO ISLAND From a sketch byCAPT. HARDY Reference3 -WhiteSreasteoLJhjuyJurra (P TjLLciabus^ CD =-Bern*. f P. Tte^IecCtAi) 0 - TVeJt (I*. Capen^sia) O = GtzTirtrta (S . capcrtsis i Note Plan of Ichabo Island. Birds from the West Coast of Africa. 265 guano mens houses at tlie north end of the island, and thisis kept clear by a dog. The accompanying plan (text-fig. 3),which Captain Hardy kindly prepared, gives an excellentidea of this bird resort. No sooner had we anchored than the headman and someothers came off in a surf-boat to inquire what we wanted. Ihanded over my permit, and it seemed to cause somesurprise, as these valuable guano deposits are never allowed,under any circumstances, to be disturbed. I explainedthat I wanted a good number of each species. Afterluncheon, Captain Hardy and I were rowed ashore in theboat belonging to the
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