. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. w THE BIRD BOOK. '^^, .llVHHll Alliiitrosx \v-ni)sed Albaliosa Sooty Albatross H' Laysan Albatross. Dionifdea im- mulahilis. Kange. -Lay»an Island of the Hawaiian Group, appearlnK casually off the coast of California. This species hreeds In large numbers on the Is- land from which It takes Its name. The birds are white with the exception of the back. win«!8 and tall, which are black. The birds,
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. w THE BIRD BOOK. '^^, .llVHHll Alliiitrosx \v-ni)sed Albaliosa Sooty Albatross H' Laysan Albatross. Dionifdea im- mulahilis. Kange. -Lay»an Island of the Hawaiian Group, appearlnK casually off the coast of California. This species hreeds In large numbers on the Is- land from which It takes Its name. The birds are white with the exception of the back. win«!8 and tall, which are black. The birds, having been lit- tle molested in their remote island, are exceeding ly tame, and It is possible to go among the sitting birds without disturbing them. Mr. Walter K. FMsher has contributed an admirable report on this species In the 1913 Bulletin of the Fish Com- mission, the report being Illustrated with numer ous Illustrations of the birds from photos by the author. Their single white eggs are laid on the bare ground. ] Yellow-nosed Albatross. Thalamiogeron rulminatut. This is a species which inhabits the South Pa- cific and Indian Oceans, and is said to rarely oc- cur on the California coast. They breed during our winter on some of the small Islands and dur- ing our summer are ocean wanderers. An egg in the collection of Col. John E. Thayer was taken on Gough Island. South Atlantic Ocean; Sept. Ist, 1888 The nest was a mound of mud and grass about two f^at in height. The single white egg measured x It was collected by George Comer. Hi. Sooty ALBXTROSt Phoebetria-palpebrata. north in our summer along the Pacific coast of tlu- Range.âSouthern seas, "" This solSes is entirely sooty brown except the white eyelids. It is similar to^h': rtfrd A Jtross from Which ^^^^ ^J^^^^;;^^^ all Plumages by the narrow base o the bm^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^. I ^ .^^L ân So Georgia Is. in the South Atlantic ocean, was laid In a by Geo. Comer on So. Georgia i». i&q
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