 A little bird is found which is not common , for it is not found on the mainland . One sees it on the islet au <unk> [ Ile Gombrani ] , which is to the south of the main island , and I believe it keeps to that islet on account of the birds of prey which are on the mainland , as also to feed with more facility on the eggs of the fishing birds which feed there , for they feed on nothing else but eggs or turtles dead of hunger , which they well know how to tear out of their shells . These birds are a little larger than a blackbird [ Réunion bulbul ( Hypsipetes borbonicus ) ] , and have white plumage , part of the wings and tail black , the beak yellow as well as the feet , and make a wonderful warbling . I say a warbling , since they have many and altogether different notes . We brought up some with cooked meat , cut up very small , which they eat in preference to seed . 
