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INDEX. 



Extinct birds, Explanation for, 335 



Hawaiian birds, 333 



oyster, 444 

 Eyes of Hawaiians (characteristic), 38 



Fairy tales. The stories of the achievements of 

 the menehune people correspond with the 

 fairy tales, of other races. The menehunes 

 are sometimes represented in Hawaiian 

 legends as a race of industrious dwarfs that 

 employed themselves in many ways, as build- 

 ing heiaus. fish ponds, etc. 



Falling (palm) leaf, 232 



Falls in Halawa valley, 142 

 of Moaula, Middle, 136 

 Wailua, 102 



False [Mynah] (306). Having some superficial 

 resemblance to a given species or. thing. 



False geranium, ' ' Cheeses, ' ' 196 

 koa, 198 

 mallow, 196 

 operculum, 439 

 scorpions, 408 



Familiar Hawaiian birds, 337 

 insects, 392 



Family, 42, 43 



discipline among Hawaiians, 45 

 (•««' Nomenclature) 



Fan palm, 240, 236 



Fans, 57, 62 



Hawaiian, 70 



Fan-tailed fly catcher, Hawaiian, 329 



Farmer, Chinese, 282 



Farming, Small, industries, 270 



Father of race. Home of, 50 



Fauna (328). The animals living in a given 



Fauna and flora. Distribution of, ex- 

 plained, 290 



Hawaiiensis, 407, 414 



Isolation of explained, 290 



Native insect, 411 

 Fearless birds on Laysan, 314 

 Feather cape [ahnula], 70 



cloak [ahuula], 48, 75 



leis, 57, 77 



ornaments, 75 



robes, how made, 75 



robe of Kamehameha I, 75 



-stars, 497 

 Feathers, Use of, 75, 77 



Use of (see species in question) 

 Features of Hawaiians, 38 

 Federal Experiment Station, U. S. (.see 



Hawaii Agri. Exp. Sta.) 

 Feeding habits of (see species in question) 

 Female children, how regarded, 46 



line. Bank descended through, 4i) 

 Females, Special tabus for, 46 

 Fern or ferns 



aphis, 389 



Bird's nest. 223, 253 



Birds nests (Cultivated), 240 



Boston, 253 



Eagle. 223 



Fish-tail, 253 



frond, Development of a. 228 



Giant [Heii], 190, 223 



Maiden hair, 223, 419 



roots, uses of, 223 



stem road, 200 



Tree, 222, 253 



Uses of, 221, 223 

 Ferns, 253 



along Olympus trail, 206 



in the moist woods (Hawaii), 190 



in upper forest, 227 



Number of species and genera of, 223 



Pulu, 222 



Staghorn, 228 

 Festooning vines, 234 

 Feudal organization of Hawaiians, 47 

 Feudalism, 55, 56 

 Fiber, Cotton, 281 



plant, Banana as, 280 



plant. Sisal as, 280 



plants, 69, 280 



plants. Native, 217 



Sisal, First step in making, 270 

 Field and roadside plants, Common, 198 



boulders (Oahu), 130 



boulders (Waianae range), 122 



Introduced plants and animals of the, 

 231 



laborers, 278 



mice, 293 



of cane in blossom, 278 



and lower forest. Plants of, 212 



stone as building material, 129 

 Fig, Banian, 283 



Common, 245 



Creeping, 245 



native of, 267 



Smyrna, 267 

 Figs, 266 

 Fiji, 397 

 Files, Stone, 75 

 Finch, California house, 304 



-like birds, Hawaiian, 331 

 Finches, ■ ' Cross bill, ' ' Hawaiian, 333 

 Finger bowls, 70, 61 

 Fire, 62 

 Fire, How carried, 62 



Hawaiian method of lighting, 62 



lake in Kilauea, 174 



Legend of origin of, 326 



Method of making, 40 



how made, 328 

 Fire-cracker vine, 250, 248 

 Fireplace, 59 



in the Volcano house, 184 

 Fires, Forest. Forest fires of a more or less de- 

 structive nature occasionally occur. They 



were also known in ancient Hawaii. Fire 



was used to some extent by the natives to 



clear land in the forest for native crops. 

 Fires, trash, 275 

 First fruits. When the first fruits of any crop 



were ripe they were offered to the family 



gods on the proper day of the moon. 



