on Laysan, and one can well believe it. Although aggregated most densely at the rookery, these birds are everywhere on the island, which is

Fig. 3. Adult Birds were everywhere Sprinkled among Them.

in the shape of a rude quadrilateral about two by one and three fourths miles in area. Albatrosses are scattered everywhere, except on the tide

Fig. 4. About Two Million Albatrosses make their Home on Laysan. (From a photograph by Mr. Williams, of Honolulu.)

washed beaches and on the central lagoon. They are crouching under the shade of almost every bush and tuft of grass. The most conserva-