46 Director'' s Ayinnal Report. 



Occasional Papers of the B. P. B. Museum, vol. i, no. 3, p. 42) 

 described a nest, now in the Museum, which accords very closely 

 with the one figured by Mr. Wilson. 



Himatione sanguinea (Gmel.). 



An excellent series of the Apapane was secured. The fact of 

 greatest interest in connedlion with it perhaps is, that there w^as 

 not a single individual in the entire lot but what was in the plum- 

 age assumed by the fully adult male or female. This seems to be 

 a sufficient premise from which to conclude that this species ar- 

 rives at its mature plumage within one jear from the nesting stage, 

 and furthermore that all birds in that plumage breed. 



The first reference to the nesting of this species occurs in my 

 journal under date of January 26, "when I came upon a nest which 

 was placed about fifty-five feet up in an Ohia tree. The birds 

 were exceedingly wary, being seen in the vicinity of the nest for a 

 few seconds only." Again, on January 28, "I made a climb 

 almost to the top of the ridge, when I turned back down through 

 the Koa forest (which was in full bloom) where I found and marked 

 another nest of H. sanguhiea which was just building in an Ohia 

 tree. These nests were destroyed by the storm alluded to above. 

 On March 7 I secured a partially completed nest of this species 

 which was placed in a tree in a thick clump of Ohia. It is com- 

 posed externall}' of twigs and moss, neatly woven together ; on the 

 inside it is lined with fine rootlets. It w^as somewhat dilapidated, 

 evidently having been recently deserted. In all the essential de- 

 tails, except the quantity of material used, it agrees with the nest 

 taken March 27, 1900, by Mr. Scale which contained a fragment of 

 an egg shell that would have approximately measured .85X.55 in. 

 The shell is whitish as a ground color, on which is flecked dark 

 lilac spots or blotches. 



Chlorodrepanis chloris (Cab.). 



We secured a splendid series of the Amakihi in which I find 

 adult birds of both sexes together with immature birds in several 

 plumages. The six nests which I secured were weather-beaten 

 and bore evidence of having been used in the rearing of a brood 

 some little time before our arrival, possibly being a year old. The 

 nest taken January 28 was in the best state of preservation. 



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