. The avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands : with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possessions . , or quite, of the same colour as thewing, while it distinctly contrasts with that of the wing in A. hawaiiensis. The wingseems to be a little shorter on an average, but, as it varies somewhat, this character does nothold good; also the bill is somewhat shorter and less pointed on an average, but varies a littlelike that of A. melanogenys. The Noio, as the Hawaiian Noddy is called on the Sandwich Islands, was first foundrather common on the shores of Kauai, and bre
. The avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands : with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possessions . , or quite, of the same colour as thewing, while it distinctly contrasts with that of the wing in A. hawaiiensis. The wingseems to be a little shorter on an average, but, as it varies somewhat, this character does nothold good; also the bill is somewhat shorter and less pointed on an average, but varies a littlelike that of A. melanogenys. The Noio, as the Hawaiian Noddy is called on the Sandwich Islands, was first foundrather common on the shores of Kauai, and breeding-places were discovered on Laysan,Lisiansky, and Midway Islands. On Laysan they were observed in some numbers on thenorth side of the island, sitting about in clusters. They lay one egg. Two eggs sent fromLaysan are cream-buff, with some dark brown and pale purplish-grey underlying more or lessroundish spots; they measure 178 by 12 inch, and are quite of the character of the eggs ofother species of Anous \ 1 The photograph of the nesting-colony of this fine new Tern is one of the host of Mr. Williamss unique series. G 2. AVIFAUNA OF LAYS AN. 45 21. PUFFINUS NATIVITATIS, Streets. BLACK SHEARWATER,. Pvffinus, n. sp., Streets, Amer. Nat. xi. p. 71 (1877) (Christmas L, south of Fanning Is.). Pvffimis nativitatis, Streets, Bull. Nat. Mus. 1877, no. 7, p. 29 (Christmas I.) ; Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, pp. 295, 300 (Phoenix and Canton Is., Krusenstern I., west of the Hawaiian Is.) ; Pidgw. Man. B. p. 62 (1887) (Christmas I.). Sooty black above, deepest on bead, wings, and tail; sooty brown below. Iris brown; billblack; legs and feet brown. Total length about 14£ inches, wing 9*5 to 985, tail 3*5,culmen 1-25, tarsus 165 to 1*7, middle toe with claw 1*95 to 2. The Black Shearwater was met with on Trench Frigate and Laysan Islands. It lays itsegg on the surface of the ground, under grass and scrub, and does not burrow like its con-geners. The bare apology for a nest consist
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