LOST EXOTIC BIRDS 



THE MAMO 



{drepanis pa CI pica ) 



"ITTE intend to devote the second part of the 

 present volume to a brief notice not only of 

 some foreign species of birds that have become 

 extinct within the historic period, but of others 

 which are excessively rare, or on the verge of 

 actual extinction, or threatened with extermination 

 if prompt measures be not taken for their preserva- 

 tion. The record of extinction covering the past 

 three or four hundred years is a most lamentable 

 one. Many curious forms have vanished entirely, 

 leaving but the scantiest particulars of their 

 characteristics and habits behind them ; respecting 

 others, we have more complete records; whilst 

 some, indeed, have disappeared so recently that 



