136 DircFlor's Annual Repo?'t. 



moss and lichens, into which are loosely placed weed stems, skele- 

 tons of leaves, and a few roots. The inside lining is made up almost 

 entirel}^ of stiff black hair-like rootlets. The nest is 3.50 inches 

 deep by 4.00 broad outside; inside it is 2.25 across the bowl by 

 1.50 deep. In general appearance it more closely resembles nests 

 of Chlorodrcpanis and Himatione than it does the nests of Oiromyza 

 in the Museum. 



A close study of the material secured has resulted in placing 

 parva in the genus Chlorodrcpanis (Memoirs B. P. B. Mus., Vol. I., 

 pt. 3, p. 46). Orcomyza bairdi, which is given by Dr. Stejueger 

 as the type of the genus Orcomyza ^ has the tongue but slightly 

 rolled up on the edges, and the tip is bifurcated; while \\\ parva it 

 is perfe(5tly tubular in form, with the brush-like ciliae at the tip, 

 which is a characfter well marked in all the members of the Chloro- 

 drcpanis genus. In adult parva the edges of the tongue meet and 

 roll past each other to form the sucking tube. While in the very 

 young, as exhibited by the nestlings just mentioned, the tongue 

 shows no marked lateral rolling, nor does it meet to form a tube. 

 This would seem to indicate most clearly that this form has been 

 evolved from an ancestral type in which this organ was normal, 

 and would remove the form farther from the parental stem than the 

 more typical genus Orcomyza . 



Oreottiy^a bairdi Stejn. Akikihi. 



We secured a good series of this energetic little creeper-like 

 bird. In its search for food it would often come down on the ferns 

 and trunks of trees to within a couple of feet of the ground, but it 

 was never seen to alight on the ground. On other occasions it was 

 seen feeding high up among the ohia branches, but always keeping 

 to the bark and limbs, where its antics remind one of the nut 

 hatches of America. In habit it is totally different from either of 

 the Chlorodrepanis of Kauai. 



lyoxops cseruleirostris (Wils.). Ou holowai. 



On the ridges two or three miles above Kaholuamano this 

 species is quite plentiful, feeding about the blooming ohia. They 

 are somewhat gregarious — eight to fifteen will sometimes alight in 

 a clump of trees. Their graceful movements and beautiful olive 

 and yellow plumage make them one of the one of the most charm- 

 ing of the Kauai mountain birds. Young birds were secured which 

 would indicate that the breeding season was as early as Februar3^ 



Hetnignathus procerus Cab. Kauai Akialoa. 



We colle(5led four specimens of this bird and saw a number of 

 others. One young male (Mus. No. 9220) taken April 27 is in a 

 plumage that would make February or March the probable nesting 



