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Dircllor's Annual Rcpoii. 



Avhich is so frequentl}' adopted by waders. They have a curious 

 sort of dance, in which they bend their long legs at the tibio-tarsal 

 joint and bob up and down in a most ridiculous fashion. Mr. 

 Knudsen said that he had only noticed them performing in this 

 manner during the nesting season. One specimen taken (Mus. 

 No. 9427) was almost half-grown, but as a rule nesting was not so 

 far advanced. A set of four eggs were taken which were too badly 

 incubated to save. 



Heteractitis incanus (Gmel.). Wandering Tattler. Ulili. 



Occasional specimens were seen. On April 23 two birds were 

 noted at an elevation of 3500 feet^ while on May 4 in the marshes 

 and ponds they were fairly common. 



I/imosa lapponica baueri (Naum.). Pacific Godwit. 



Notice has been taken (Memoirs B. P. B. Mus., Vol. I., pt. 3, 

 p. 27) of the specimen in Mr. Gay's collection which was secured 

 by him. The specimen is in winter plumage and was secured in 

 the late autumn. 



Charadrius dominicus fulvus (Gmel.). Pacific Golden 

 Plover. Kolea. 



On x\pril 14 a flock of five were seen feeding at an elevation of 

 1200 feet, and at 2000 feet another flock was sighted. They were 

 noted again on Ma}- 4 as being quite plentiful at the Waimea ponds. 

 On April 23 a male was taken (Mus. No. 9397) with the testes 

 very much enlarged (.19X.60), going to .show that the mating 

 season was well advanced. 



Phasianus torquatus Gmel. Ring-necked Pheasant. 



Pheasants were seen on a number of occasions, but no place 

 were they as common as in the Waianae mountains on Oahu. 



Turtur chinensis (Scop.). 

 Chinese Turtle Doves are quite common on Kauai. 



Asio accipitrinus sandvicensis (Blox.). Hawaiian Owl. 



Pueo. 



This bird was seen, toward nightfall especially, sailing about 

 the cliffs and over the valleys. On one occasion one was seen to 

 drop almost straight down for perhaps three hundred feet, and after 

 a short time to rise from the bushes and wing off to a tree with what 

 looked like a wild chicken a fourth grown. 



Chasiempis sclateri Ridgw. Apekepeke. 



vOf this interesting little fly-catcher a very complete series was 

 sectrred. They are, like their cousins on Oahu and Hawaii, the 

 most abundant and mo.st easily obtained of any of the native birds. 



