INDEX. 



381 



I'luijle-liiugeil scallop, 456 



shell [Pupu], 460 



shell, Spotted, 470 



scale, 2lii5 



wreath, 250, 24S 

 Purpura, 449 



Purslaue [Ihi], 196, 286. 2S7 

 Pussly, 287 

 Puu, 226 



kukui, 138 



olai (Sharp-nosed pulfer), 370 



Waawaa, 155 

 Puuhonua (City of refuge), 48 

 Puunene spider, 410 

 Pyramid shell, 470, 463 

 Pyrus (xi-f Sand Pear, also Pear) 



Q 



Queensland nut (Maeadamia ternifolia Muell). 

 More properly the Australian nut is a medium 

 sized tree producing a round smooth, shinv 

 hrown nut. with a ver.v hard shell. The 

 kernal resembles the filbert and may be eaten 

 raw or roasted. Other species of the genus 

 also occur in Hawaii, in most instances hav- 

 ing been introduced by Mr. E. W. .Jordan. 



Quashy-quashor, 252 



Quilted tritoii. 460, 4511 



R 



Rabbit Island. 128, 2!I3 



Rabbits, 293 



Raceme (248). .\ flower cluster in which one- 

 stemmed flowers are arranged along the side 

 of the main stem. 



Racing in the surf, 80 



Rail, Extinct, 327 

 Flightless, 314 

 Flightless, How killed, 293 

 Flightless La.vsan, 31.8 

 Hawaiian, 327 



Raillardia {xrr Kui)aoa) 



Railroad ties, 215 



Railway on Oahu, 110 



distances (.scf Overland Distances) 



Rainbow Falls (Hawaii), 160, 176 



Rainfall. Precipitation in the islands varies 

 greatly from place to place and year to year. 

 At Honolulu statistics (U. S. Weather 

 Bureau) gives the rainfall varying in ten 

 .years from 16.99 (1905) to 30.13 (1909) 

 inches. On Tantalus (three miles distant) 

 in 1903 it was 99.68 inches. On Hawaii 

 in Hamakua. at 1200 feet elevation, it was 

 260.67 inches (1907). At Waikea, in the 

 rainv Hilo district (1907) it rained 333 

 days: at Waianae, a dry district on Oahu. 

 it rained on 60 days. 



Rain forest. Characteristic growth in, 218 

 forest. Lichens in the. 194 

 forest, Typical view in, 190 

 heiaus, 50 



heiaus (-sw Ijni o Lurjui 

 tree, 242 



Ramble in a Honolulu (iarden (I'ait one). 

 231 

 in a Honolulu (iarden (Part two), 243 



Ramie, 217 



Ranch scenes on Hawaii. 282 



Range, Koolau, 211 

 Waianae, 21 1 



Rank and hereditary position, 54 



Descent of, 46 



Marriage among persons of, 45 



Positions of. How descemled, 45 

 Rare and e.xtinct birds. Some, 332 



exotic plants (Government Xurserv) 

 238 



fruits in Hawaii, 255 



Hawaiian birds, 333 

 Rarest Hawaiian bird {('luetuiitilii). 335 

 Raspberries, Native, 256 

 Rat, Black, 291 



Brown, 291 



nests, 292 



Long-tailed, 292 



Norway, 291 



Short-tailed, 292 



Tree, 292 

 Rats as plague carriers, 292, 401 



Grey, 291 



Hawaiian, 291 



Species of, 292 



Tree, 235 



Eats-foot (Li/cijijodium sp. ) is a common moss-like 

 plant common about the outskirts of the for- 

 ests where it often forms thickets after the 

 manner of the staghorn fern. The two 

 species occurring here are wides])read over 

 the globe. 



Rathburn, Dr. JIarv .J, (( riistaceolo 'ist), 

 12, 469 



Ratoon (261). X shoot or sprout coming up 

 from the root of a l)]ant after it has hcen cut 



(.also rattoon). 

 Ratoons, Pinea]i]de, 261 

 Rattlebox, 196 

 Battle shells, 449 

 Rattles [Uliuli], 70 



Bamboo, 82 



Seed, 82 

 Rattoon (,y<r Ratoon) 

 Ray, Spotted sting, 340, 347 



Sting, 340 

 Rays, 347 



and sharks, 340 



Sting, 347 



F:agle, 347 

 Raw fish, 355. 365 

 Recruits for warfare, 51 

 Red birds, Hawaiian, 329 



■bug family, 426 



-fish, 354, 371, 373 



-footed body, 310, 316 



■rush flour beetle, 395, 40-5, 418 



sandalwood, 203 



■scale, 391 



spiders, 401 



-taileil tropic bird, 310, 316, 3n9 

 Reed, Miss Minnie (Marine Botanist), 502 



-warbler, Chinese, 308 



-warbler, Laysan, 319 

 Reef at Honolulu Harbor, 211 



at low tide, 472 



■building corals. 486, 488, 476 



collecting, 478 



Dowsett, 88, 97 



fishing. 344 



Miscellaneous animals t'?oni the. 490 



