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INDEX. 



Bays on Hawaii, 148 

 on Kauai, 104 

 on JIaui, 134 

 On Oahii, 110 

 Beach at Hilo, 352 

 grass, 192 



heliotrope, 192, ]99 



morning-glory [Pohuehue], 192, 218 



sand, use of, 129 



-worm shells, 441 



sandalwood [Iliahi], 192, 199 

 Beaches, Olivene sand, 129 

 Beak of the swordfish, 373 

 Bean leaf-roller, 395 



weevils, 405, 418 

 Beater, Tapa, 70 

 Beaumontia, 250 

 Beaver, Sea, 496 

 Bedbugs, 402 



Beddard, F. E., (Zoologist), 440 

 Beds, Sulphur, at Kilauea, 170 

 Beefwood, 237 

 Beer, Hawaiian, 210 

 Bee(s),412 



Carpenter, 403 



Common, 406 



feeding on Palm blossoms, 232 



Honey, 404 



Leaf-cutting, 415 



Long-tongued, 415 



Solitary, 415 



Wad-euttiug, 415 

 " Beestill-tree, " 252 

 Beetle(s), 395, 405, 415 



Australian ladybird, 384 



Common, 406 



Japanese, Enemies of, 384, 394 



.Tajianese, on grape. 267 



Ladybird, 393 



on sugar-eane, 388 



-roach, 388 



Salt marsh, 418 



AVater, 436 

 Belgian hare, 293 

 Bell-shaped animals, 480 

 Beneficial birds. Introduction of, 308 

 Bengal banian, 245 

 Bermuda grass, 2S() 

 Berry (Berries), ('hristmas, 225 



Coffee, 270 



Japanese rasiibcrrv (Thimlile berry), 

 258 



Ohelo, 258, 250 



Thimble, 258 

 Betel nut, 230 



Use by South Bacific islanders, 23(i 

 Betrothal,'43, 45 

 Betting (srr Gambling) 



among Hawaiians, 86 

 Bhel or Bael fruit (2Eg\e sp.l. This small, 



stronglv-spinose tree with alternate tri-foliate 



leaves 'is not uncomnuin in Honolulu gar- 

 dens. It is distinguished from the nearlv 



related Citrus genus bv the hard gourd-like 



rind of its fruits which, when ripe, is yel- 

 lowish-brown and 3 — 4 inches in diameter. 



Big-headed ant, 403 

 "Big-eye" (Pish), 354 



Big-eved flies, 419 



scad [Akule], 362 



Bignonia, 248 



Biologist (385). One skilled in or a student 

 of the science of life and living things, in 

 the widest sense. 



Bird-catchers were an important class in old 

 Hawaii who captured birds for their feath- 

 ers. In addition to several well-known bird- 

 limes (which see), they employed nets and 

 spears. They recognized two seasons for 

 catching birds: one from March to May, the 

 other from August to October. These corre- 

 spond with the flowering season of the ohia 

 lehua. The trees in the lower woods flow- 

 er in the spring; those higher up in the 

 fall season. The birds they sought move 

 from place to place, wherever flowers and 

 fcH.d is pl.iilifiil. The bird-catcher of former 

 tioK s v.imI |M:i\rrs and made offerings to his 

 Ku.ls ili.ii iIm' liirds of the forest might be 

 gjillnird mil. Ills gum-traps and held fast, 

 it is reported that Kamehameha I was the 

 first to appreciate the importance of protect- 

 ing the birds. He reproved his bird hunters 

 for taking the lives of birds they caught. 



Bird-claw vine, 250, 248 



Bird colony at Laysan, Large, 92, 95 

 feathers, Source of, 98 

 Fishing (Heron), 325 

 flies (Louse-flies), 421 

 groups in Bishop Museum, 310 

 Island [sec Nihoa] (volcanic), 88, 96, 



98 

 -lice, Wingless, 400, 430 

 life on Laysan, Views of, 310, 316 



Bird lime, 226 



Bird-lime was usually made from the juice of 

 certain Lobelias. Breadfruit gum was also 

 used, as was the juice of the species of 

 papala {Pisonia. spp.). Oha (Chrmontin sp. ) 

 was perhaps the best source of gum. The 

 gum of the last two was prepared by boiling. 



Bird, Man-o'-war, 310 



Miller, and nest, 316 



notes (sec species in f|uestion), 331 



pirates, 318 



poachers on Lisiansky Island, 95 



poachers on Midway Island, 94 



Red-headed alae, 328 



reservation, Hawaiian Islands, 93 



songs {sec species in question), 331 



White-headed alae, 328 



Accidental visitors {sec Rare birds), 

 310 

 Birds as food {sec species in question), 311 

 Birds as pets. It was quite the custom with bird 



catchers to keep the o-o, iiwi and apapane 



alive in special cages to use as decoys in 



bird catching. Thev were feed, daily, on 



the nectar of their favorite flower and in 



time became very tame. 

 Birds as ocean waifs, 308 



as regular visitors, 308 



Beneficial, introduction of, 308 



Ca]iture of, at night, 311 



Cliff. nesting species, 311 



Finch-like, Hawaiian, 331 



llawiiiian, Peculiar odor of, 331 



Identification of sea, 309 



Introduced, 304 



of Ijaysan Island, 312 



of the marshes, 320 



of the mountain forests, 334, 328 



