The avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands : with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possessions

Author:

Rothschild, Lionel Walter Rothschild, Palmer, Henry

Title:

The avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands : with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possessions

Year:

1893

Subject:

Birds Hawaii

Summary:

Scattered about in a north-westerly direction from the Sandwich Islands are a number of small islands, rocks, and reefs -- namely, Necker Isle, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Island, Maro Reef, Lisiansky, Laysan or Moller Island, and others. Although ornithologists have had their eyes on these islands for a long time, they had not been trodden by the foot of any ornithologist until this author sent his collector, Henry Palmer, to explore them. From the results of his collecting tour, it was evident that none of these islands are inhabited by land birds, except Laysan or Moller Island. This island is therefore by far the most interesting one to ornithologists. The island was named by Moller by Capt. Stanikowitch, in 1828, after his vessel but it had been discovered before by an American ship and received the name of Laysan, under which it is best known at the present time.

URL:

http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/nhrarebooks/rothschild/

Collection:

Monographs