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  one 
  green, 
  the 
  other 
  brownish, 
  of 
  a 
  Phasmid 
  from 
  Fiji, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  which 
  resembled 
  a 
  leaf 
  so 
  perfectly 
  that 
  none 
  but 
  

   a 
  trained 
  eye 
  could 
  locate 
  it 
  in 
  situ. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  stages 
  of 
  Zclus 
  peregrinus 
  

   Kirkaldy 
  from 
  the 
  eg,g 
  to 
  the 
  imago 
  and 
  detailed 
  the 
  life-history 
  

   and 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  predaceous 
  insect.* 
  

  

  AUGUST 
  3rd, 
  1905. 
  

  

  The 
  eighth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  on 
  this 
  date, 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  

   in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Papers. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins 
  presented 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  "Food 
  Habits 
  of 
  

   Natkr 
  HaK'oiian 
  Birds." 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  brief 
  summary 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Hawaiian 
  Birds 
  are 
  classed 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  food-habits 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  ( 
  i) 
  Honey 
  or 
  nectar 
  suckers 
  ; 
  useful 
  because 
  pollinizers. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Beneficial 
  fruit-eaters 
  which 
  spread 
  the 
  seeds 
  without 
  in- 
  

  

  juring 
  them, 
  and 
  propagate 
  the 
  native 
  plants. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Harmful 
  fruit-eating 
  birds, 
  which 
  destroy 
  seeds 
  they 
  eat. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Eaters 
  of 
  injurious 
  insects; 
  beneficial. 
  

  

  ( 
  5 
  ) 
  Eaters 
  of 
  useful 
  insects 
  are 
  practically 
  unrepresented. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  family 
  Drcpanididac 
  there 
  are 
  34 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  

   Islands; 
  12 
  of 
  these 
  feed 
  on 
  nectar 
  regularly; 
  2 
  are 
  doubtful 
  hon- 
  

   ey-eaters; 
  7 
  rarely 
  eat 
  honey, 
  yet 
  were 
  seen 
  eating 
  it; 
  they 
  have 
  

   honey-sucking 
  tongues 
  and 
  are 
  apparently 
  leaving 
  off 
  the 
  honey- 
  

   sucking 
  habit 
  and 
  are 
  taking 
  to 
  insect-eating; 
  30 
  species 
  eat 
  nox- 
  

   ious 
  insects, 
  certainly 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  feed 
  their 
  young 
  on 
  insects 
  ; 
  most 
  

   of 
  these 
  eat 
  spiders 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  beneficial 
  or 
  otherwise; 
  

   3 
  are 
  beneficial 
  fruit-eaters 
  3 
  are 
  highly 
  injurious 
  fruit- 
  or 
  seed- 
  

   eaters, 
  yet 
  these 
  also 
  eat 
  caterpillars 
  and 
  feed 
  them 
  to 
  their 
  young, 
  

   and 
  are 
  thus 
  far 
  beneficial; 
  2 
  species 
  are 
  indifferent. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  four 
  Oo, 
  2 
  are 
  chiefly 
  honey-suckers, 
  but 
  also 
  eat 
  insects 
  

   and 
  one 
  is 
  chiefly 
  an 
  insect-eater; 
  one 
  is 
  extinct. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  

   birds 
  are 
  now 
  too 
  rare 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  practical 
  value. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  five 
  thrushes, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  fine 
  songsters, 
  four 
  are 
  

   largely 
  fruit-eaters, 
  but 
  also 
  devour 
  insects 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  is 
  an 
  insect- 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  published 
  in 
  Bull. 
  H. 
  S. 
  P. 
  A. 
  Ent. 
  I, 
  pp. 
  232-4. 
  PL 
  XVT 
  

   figs. 
  1-3. 
  

  

  