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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 vallev, 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 



scor]iions, 4(IS 

 Familiar Hawaiian birds, 337 



insects, 392 

 Family, 42, 43 



discipline among Hawaiians, 45 



(■sfr Nomenclature) 

 Fan palm, 240, 23(3 

 Fans, 57, (52 



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 

 area. 



Fauna and flora, r'istril)ution of, ex- 



plaineil, 290 



Hawaiiensis, 4n7, 414 



Isolation of exjjlaineil, 290 



Native insect, 41 1 

 Fearless birds on Laysan, 314 

 Feather cape [ahuula], 70 



cloak [ahuula], 48, 75 



leis, 57, 77 



ornaments, 75 



robes, how made, 75 



robe of Kamehameha T, 75 



-stars, 497 

 Feathers, Use of, 75, 77 



Use of (xi'c sp)ecies in question) 

 Features of Hawaiians, 38 

 Federal Ex])eriment Station, U. S. (sec 



Hawaii Agri. Exp. Sta.) 

 Feeding habits of (xcc species in question) 

 Female children, how regarded, 4(i 



line. Rank descended through, 46 

 Females, Special tabus for, 4(5 

 Fern or ferns 



aphis, 389 



Bird's nest, 223, 253 



Birds nests (Cultivated), 240 



Boston, 253 



Eagle, 223 



Fish-tail, 253 



frond, r)evelo|)ment 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 Olymjius trail, 206 



in the moist woods (Hawaii), 190 



in upper forest, 227 



Number of species and genera of, 223 



Pulu, 222 



Staghoru, 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 



l)lants, Native, 217 



Sisal, First step in making, 270 

 Field and roadside plants. Common, 198 



boulders (Oahu), 130 



boulders (Waianae range), 122 



Introduced ]dants and animals of the, 

 231 



laborers, 278 



mice, 293 



of cane in ])]ossom, 278 



and lower forest. Plants of, 212 



stone as buiMing material, 129 

 Fig, Banian, 2S3 



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. The.v 

 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. 



