Notes on the Birds of Kauai. 



BY WM. A. BRYAN AND ALVIN SEALE. 



The following observations are based on a collection made 

 jointly by the authors for the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 

 during a short sojourn on the island of Kauai, extending from 

 April 12 to May 4, 1900. The two principal centres of field work 

 were the Kaholuamano mountain house, and in the vicinity of Mr. 

 August Knudsen's home near Waimea. 



Kaholuamano, which is the place where Messrs. Wilson, Palmer 

 and Perkins carried ou much of their work, is the property of Mr. 

 Francis Gay and is splendidly located in the midst of the forests on 

 the western slopes of Mount Waialeale at an elevation of about 

 3800 feet above the sea. To the Messrs. Gay and Knudsen we are 

 indebted for much of the success of the trip. 



The collection numbers one hundred and forty skins and skele- 

 tons, besides some nests and eggs and much valuable alcoholic 

 material. In most cases a very full series w^as secured of the seven- 

 teen species taken. The field jottings are for the most part taken 

 from Mr. Scale's notes whose diary extended over the whole period. 



Larus barrovianus Ridgw. Point Barrow Gull. 



Attention has elsewhere (Memoirs B. P. B. Mus., Vol. I., 

 pt. 3, p. 96) been called to the securing of two specimens of this 

 gull on the island of Kauai by Mr. Francis Gay, whose hospitality 

 we enjoyed, and who was so abundantly able to help us in our 

 work. He kindly presented one of the specimens to the Museum. 

 It was the opinion of that gentleman that they had wandered down 

 to the island from the far north, having been lost at sea. Both speci- 

 mens were in poor flesh when they were secured, one being unable 

 to fly. One of the birds is still in Mr. Gay's private collection. 



Diomedea nigripes And. Black-footed Albatross. 



Our notes for the morning of April 12 take account of this 

 .species flying about the ship as we were crossing the channel be- 

 tween Oahu and Kauai. 



Puffinus newelli Henshaw. Ao. 



This species has long been knowai to the natives of Kauai, 

 where it was called Ao. A single specimen in Mr. Gay's colle(5lion 



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