lo BRIG HAM ON HAWAIIAN FEATHER WORK. 



sur soie 25% pate a 20% given on page 1402 of that great work. When the feather 

 fades it assumes a yellow tone, and the color of these as of the 00 and mamo fades 

 quickly in alcohol. Kept in the dark, as the ahuula were most of the time, the tint 

 seems ver\- durable, some old leis and capes showing as bright as the freshly plucked 

 feathers. 



Oo.^Next to this the Oo (Acniloceiriis nohilis, Wilson), Fig. 5, <? ? , /< c? , is 

 abundant, but confined to the island of Hawaii. Other species are found on Kauai, 

 Maui and Molokai, but none of them have the bright axillary tufts. Like the iiwi it 

 is a honey-sucker, but I have fed them successfnlh- in captivity on the juice of sugar 

 cane. The general color is a brilliant black which brings the yellow tufts into fine 

 contrast. All the black figures and lines in the feather work are of this plumage, and 

 it was largely used in the grand kahilis. As the bird was a favorite article of food, 

 and as the larder of the hunters in the mountains was poorly stocked, it seldom 

 survived capture, and vet this bird has remained in comparative abundance while the 

 mamo, whose orange feathers alone were taken, has become extinct. The name is 

 onomatopoeic, the note closelv resembling 0-0. Total length of adult male, 12.5 inches; 

 adult female, 9.5 inches. The curled tail which gives the bird its generic name is 

 confined to the male of the nohi'Iis. The yellow of the axillary tufts is nearly repre- 

 sented by the citronine sur soie shown on p. 449 of Lefevre. In mounting these 

 feathers, which are rather thin at the top and black at the base, iiwi short feathers 

 are often added to the base to give a warm tint to the pale yellow and to approximate 

 it to the mamo. This addition is called />«''// (waist-cloth). 



Ou. — The On (Psi//aciroslra psittacca^ Temminck), Fig. 4, /; $ , ^(5' , has a range 

 throughout the group, feeding large!}- on the ripe fruits of the ie-ie ( Frcyciuctia 

 arborea^ Gaudichaud). The green color varies considerabl}-; only that on the head is 

 brilliant while the body plumage is dull, and was not much used; only three or four 

 capes and as many helmets showing these have survived. x'Vdult, 6.3 inches long. 

 Other greens might have been obtained from the genus Honigiiatlnis or Hefcrorhyii- 

 c////s, but this seems to have been rare anciently as well as at present. 



Apapane. — The Apapane {Hiniatioic sa)igiiiiica^ Cabanis), Fig. 4, r/? , ranges 

 all over the islands, feeding on honey. Not much used in feather work; the dark crim- 

 son feathers being inconspicuous at a distance. The color is croceine sur laine 2%, 

 p. 461 of Lefevre, shaded with priniuline-|-;S napthol, p. 596. Adult length, 5.25 inches. 

 A fragment of a cape ( Cat. No. 40) made largely of these fine feathers is now in Hono- 

 lulu, and several leis where they appear mixed with other feathers are in this Museum. 



Mamo. — The beautiful Mamo (Diepa)iis pacifica^ Temminck) is rare in col- 

 leAions, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum having only four specimens, two of those 

 in the Mills colle6lion having been given by Mr. Chas. R. Bishop to Mr. Scott B. 



