Two Llndescriljed Nests and 

 Hawaiian Bird. 



an 



Egg 



of a 



BY \VM. ALANSON BRYAN. 



I HAVE had some hesitancy in publishing the half-tone cut 

 here given, for though unmistakably nests of Hawaiian birds, their 

 specific identification cannot as yet be definitel}' made. However, 

 since both the nests and the egg seem never to have been described 

 ( at least from specimens adlually in hand) I append a brief accovmt 

 of them, believing that the uncertain features in connecftion- with 

 them will be eventually cleared up by farther field work. 





NESTS AND EGG OF LOXIOIDES BAILLEUI OUST. 



The nest on the branch (B. P. B. Mus. No. 3009) was secured 

 by the writer in October, 1902, while driving through the Kona 

 district of Hawaii. It was built in a Mamani tree {Sophora chry- 

 sophylla) growing close beside the road at an elevation of about 

 1000 feet. The nest was about eight feet from the ground, and 

 was evidently a year or more old. It was substantially built of 

 grass and weed stems, with a few chance bits of lichens added in 

 the lining. It measures a trifle over 4.00 in. across by 2.50 in. in 

 depth ; is bowl-shaped, and taken all in all is well preserved. 



The second nest (B. P. B. Mus. No. 3010) was secured from 

 Mr. C. E. Blacow, who found it placed about seven feet from the 



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