. Report of an expedition to Laysan Island in 1911 : under the joint auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture and University of Iowa . rising from the island and thus sail aboutwith very little effort. It seems strange that man-o-war birds should have increased in numbers, when we think of their wholesale slaughter of each others offspring, but according to previous reports they were less abundant on Laysan formerly than to-day, numbering 12,500 at the present time. anatim:. Anas laysanensis Rothschild. Laysan Teal. No signs of the Laysan teal (PL IX, fig. 1) were seen for the f
. Report of an expedition to Laysan Island in 1911 : under the joint auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture and University of Iowa . rising from the island and thus sail aboutwith very little effort. It seems strange that man-o-war birds should have increased in numbers, when we think of their wholesale slaughter of each others offspring, but according to previous reports they were less abundant on Laysan formerly than to-day, numbering 12,500 at the present time. anatim:. Anas laysanensis Rothschild. Laysan Teal. No signs of the Laysan teal (PL IX, fig. 1) were seen for the firstfew days of our stay, and then we found feathers and other parts ofthose which the marauders had dressed for food. Later, however,we saw them in small flocks, six being the most seen at one teals seemed to be nesting in the grass near the small fresh-water pond on the south end of the island, but we were unable tofind any nests. The man-o-war birds persistently pursued them, but they did notto my knowledge loll or harm any of them. They may, however, killyoung teals. Bui. 42, Biological Survey U. S. Dept. of Agricultur Plate
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