1869.] 305 [Dole. 



nesiens, p. 197. Baircl, Birds of North America, p. 701. Tringa 

 oalmensis Bloxham, Voyage Blonde, p. 251. Gould, Birds of Austr., 

 VI, pi. XL. Cinclus interpres Gray, Cat. of Birds of Trop. Ids. of 

 Pacific, p. 48. 



Common on the shores. 



ANATIDiE. 



37. Bernicla sandvicensis Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1834, p. 43. Cassin, U. S., Expl. Exped., Mam. and Ornith., p. 338, 

 Anser hawaiiensis Eydoux et Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, Oiseaux, p. 104. 

 Atlas, pi. X. Peale, Zool. U. S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 249. Netie 

 of the natives. 



Hab., Highlands of Hawaii and Maui. Common in flocks of 3-7. 



This bird is seldom seen near water, living almost constantly on the 

 high lava fields, at an elevation of five to seven thousand feet, where 

 it finds abundant food in the ohelo ( Vaccinium penduUJiora) , and a 

 species of Sonchus (»S. asper). It builds its nest in the grass, and 

 lays two or three eggs, white, and about the size of those of the 

 common goose. 



38. Anas superciliosa Gmehn, Syst. Nat., I, p. 537. Latham, 

 Ind. Orn., p. 852. Var. sandvicensis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., 

 1856, p. 649. Var. A. superciliosa G. R. Gray, Cat. Birds Trop. 

 Ids., 1859, p. 54. Finsch und Hartlaub, Ornith. Central-Polynesiens, 

 p. 213. Koloa of the natives. 



Ad. Fusca, notaei et grastraei plumis pallidius marginatis; pileo 

 fusco-nigricante ; coUo pallidiore, ochroleuco, fusco striolato, postice 

 longitudinaliter obscuro; superciliis, fascia lata infraoculari, gutture 

 coUoque antico unicoloribus, ochroleucis; fascia lata utrinque per ocu- 

 lum ducta alteroque stricta ad rostri basin orta fuscis ; speculo alari 

 pulchro viridi, late nigro-marginato ; rostro nigro; pedibus brunneis; 

 iride aureo-flava. Long. 23 in. 



Anas boschas Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mam. and Ornith., p. 339. 

 Hartlaub, Weigm. Arch, flir Naturg., 1852, p. 122. Mallard. KaLa 

 of the natives. Naturalized on all the islands of the group. 



39. Anas clypeata Gmehn, Syst. Nat., I, p. 518. Audubon, 

 Birds of America, VI, p. 293 ; Spatula clypeata ? Gray, Cat. of Birds 

 of Trop. Islands of Pacific, 1859, p. 55. Shoveller Duck. Muha of 

 the natives. 



A. rostro nigro, ungue incurvato; iride flava; capite, coUoque vi- 

 ride-nitentia, in violaceum colorem vcrgentia; pectore alvo, lunatulo; 

 dorso, remigibus caudaque cuneiformis fuscis ; abdomine castaneo; 



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