. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Aestrelata hypoleuca) may be mentioned as exceeding even the Laysan alba-tross in numbers, but as they live in deep burrows one would hardly think come the wedge-tailed and Christmas Island shearwaters (Pufflnnscuneatus and P. tiativitatis), which are abundant, and the rare sooty petrel{Oceanodroma fuliginosa) nests in some numbers during the winter months. At that time, in 1902, the glories of Laysan Island were in theirprime and the number of breeding sea birds was at it
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . Aestrelata hypoleuca) may be mentioned as exceeding even the Laysan alba-tross in numbers, but as they live in deep burrows one would hardly think come the wedge-tailed and Christmas Island shearwaters (Pufflnnscuneatus and P. tiativitatis), which are abundant, and the rare sooty petrel{Oceanodroma fuliginosa) nests in some numbers during the winter months. At that time, in 1902, the glories of Laysan Island were in theirprime and the number of breeding sea birds was at its Fisher agreed with Prof. C. C. Nutting that there were, atleast, a million albarosses breeding on the island, in addition to allthe hosts of other species. The nests were so close together that thebirds were almost touching each other and it was difficult to walkwithout treading on eggs. But a great change took place duringthe next ten years, for a party of Japanese feather hunters visitedthe island and materially reduced its wonderful bird population. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 4. Laysan Island. W. K. Fisher.
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