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  in 
  Konci, 
  Hawuli. 
  109 
  

  

  still 
  clung 
  to 
  them 
  after 
  the 
  young 
  had 
  flown. 
  It 
  may 
  

   also 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  Hemignathus 
  j 
  Loxioides, 
  Psittacirostra 
  , 
  

   Chloridops, 
  and 
  Rhodacanthis 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  much 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  than 
  others, 
  in 
  some 
  perhaps 
  not 
  at 
  all. 
  Whether 
  the 
  

   red 
  birds 
  Loxops, 
  Vest/aria, 
  and 
  Himatione 
  sangumea 
  possess 
  

   it 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  noticed. 
  It 
  is 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  birds 
  related 
  

   to 
  the 
  Australian 
  forms 
  — 
  the 
  Oo, 
  Clinsienip'is, 
  and 
  Phccor'tiis. 
  

   How 
  this 
  scent, 
  exactly 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  quality, 
  comes 
  to 
  be 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  insect-eating 
  Drepan\did(R, 
  and 
  to 
  such 
  species 
  

   as 
  Chloridops 
  kona, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  live 
  entirely 
  on 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  sandal-trees, 
  I 
  cannot 
  imagine. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  low 
  er 
  forest 
  the 
  Oo 
  [Acrulocercus 
  nobilis) 
  was 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  bird, 
  frequenting, 
  as 
  is 
  well 
  known, 
  the 
  lofty 
  lehua-trees^, 
  

   especially 
  when 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  rough 
  lava. 
  Save 
  its 
  anti- 
  

   pathy 
  to 
  the 
  rrd 
  birds 
  [Vestiaria) 
  , 
  its 
  habits 
  arc 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   observe, 
  as 
  it 
  usually 
  keeps 
  very 
  high 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  trees. 
  Its 
  

   peculiar 
  cry, 
  rather 
  more 
  like 
  " 
  ow-ow 
  '' 
  than 
  " 
  oo," 
  is 
  very 
  

   curious, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  readily 
  respond 
  and 
  even 
  approach 
  

   when 
  I 
  imitated 
  its 
  voice. 
  The 
  young 
  bird 
  is 
  without 
  the 
  

   tufts 
  of 
  yellow 
  feathers 
  beneath 
  the 
  wings. 
  I 
  strongly 
  

   suspect 
  it 
  builds 
  in 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  the 
  le/ma-irees 
  at 
  

   a 
  great 
  elevation^ 
  as 
  my 
  native 
  assistant 
  and 
  a 
  white 
  boy, 
  who 
  

   was 
  with 
  him 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  assured 
  me 
  that 
  they 
  saw 
  one 
  of 
  

   these 
  birds 
  enter 
  such 
  a 
  hole 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  times, 
  but 
  that 
  

   they 
  could 
  not 
  possibly 
  climb 
  up, 
  though 
  they 
  made 
  the 
  

   attempt. 
  This 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June 
  — 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  that 
  I 
  obtained 
  the 
  young, 
  which 
  certainly 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  

   long 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  nest. 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  species 
  of 
  Chasiempis[C. 
  sandwichensis) 
  found 
  in 
  

   Kona 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  birds, 
  extending 
  its 
  range 
  from 
  

   about 
  1100 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  proper 
  forest 
  on 
  Manna 
  Loa, 
  

   and 
  also 
  high 
  up 
  Hualahii. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  pretty 
  species, 
  with 
  great 
  

   difference 
  in 
  colour 
  between 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  ; 
  in 
  this 
  

   respect 
  resembling 
  the 
  Oahuan 
  species, 
  in 
  both 
  cases 
  snowy- 
  

   white 
  feathers 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  taking 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  rufous 
  feathers 
  

   in 
  the 
  young. 
  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  rufous 
  female 
  

   along 
  with 
  the 
  ordinarily 
  coloured 
  male 
  and 
  their 
  young, 
  

   just 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  I 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  unusual 
  

  

  