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two ducks, Anas Wyvilliana and Bernida sandmclioisis. 

 The birds of prey are also great wanderers. Four have 

 been found in the islands — the short-eared owl, Otus 

 hracfiyotns, which ranges over the greater 23art of the globe, 

 but is here said to resemble the variety found in Chile 

 and the Galapagos; tlie barn owl, Sti^ix flammca, of a 

 variety common in the Pacific ; a peculiar sparrow-hawk, 

 Accipiterlw.waii ; and Buteo solitarius, a buzzard of a peculiar 

 species, and coloured so as to resemble a hawk of the 

 American subfamily Polyborina^. It is to be noted that 

 the genus Buteo abounds in America, but is not found in 

 the Pacific ; and this fact, combined with the remarkable 

 colouration, renders it almost certain that this peculiar 

 species is of American origin. 



The Passeres, or true perching birds, are especially 

 interesting, being all of peculiar species, and, all but one, 

 belonging to peculiar genera. Their numbers have been 

 greatly increased since the first edition of this work 

 aj^peared, j)artly by the exertions of American naturalists, 

 and very largely by the researches of Mr. Scott B. Wilson, 

 who visited the Sandwich Islands for the j^urpose of 

 investigating their ornithology, and collected assiduously 

 in the various islands of the group for a year and a half. 

 This gentleman is now publishing a finely illustrated 

 work on Hawaiian birds, and he has kindly furnished me 

 v/ith the following list. 



Passeres of the Saxdwich Islands. 



MusciCAPiD.E (Flyeatcliers). 



1 . Chasicmpis ridgwayi 1 law;iii. 



2. ,, sclatcri Ivauai. 



3. ,, dolci Kauai. 



4. ,, gayi Oalni, 



.5. ,, ibidis Oahu. 



6. Phaoru is ohscura Hawaii. 



7. ,, myadestina Kauai. 



Melipiiagid^. (Honey suckers). 



8. Acrulcccrcns nohilis Hawaii. 



9. ,, hraccatm, Kauai. 



10. ,, rtjozmZis (extinct) Oahu or Maui. 



1 1 . ChtctoiMla anfjustipluma (extinct) Hawaii. 



