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young (Mus. No. 4626). ‘The young bird was sucking the nectar 
from the Ohia flowers when the parent bird lit beside it. At this 
the young bird opened its beak to receive the food brought by its 
parent. The old bird flew away, only to return shortly to repeat 
the feeding operation. During the time intervening between the 
attentions of the parent, both old and young birds flew about and 
fed together. On examining the young bird’s crop, several green 
looper worms were found. 
Of the three well identified nests secured, the best specimen 
was one taken on June 4 from fifteen feet up ina Kawau (4y70n7a) 
tree, growing on the crest of the ridge well toward the top of Puu 
Ohelo Mountain. Although it was unoccupied it had every appear- 
ance of having been used in rearing a brood. Scarlet feathers 
from the breast of the parent bird found in the nest left no doubt 
of its identity, while from the tree the nest was in I shot a very 
young Tiwi, that presumably had but recently left the nest near by. 
The nest (Mus. No. 4699) is mounted on a horizontal fork, 
and externally is 4.50 inches across by 2.75 inches deep. The 
bowl is 2.50 inches in diameter by 1.50 deep. Externally the 
structure is composed of the moss so common on the trees in the 
higher altitudes. Into this has been worked a few sticks and some 
fibre from the dead leaves of the Ieie vine. ‘The inner lining is 
made almost entirely of the black hair-like fibres of dead moss. 
Generally speaking it is a very neat and compact structure. 
The second nest (Mus. No. 4701) does not differ much from 
the one just described. In size it is a trifle larger, and was located 
in a terminal vertical fork of an Ohia tree. ‘The material, especially 
the moss, is coarser than in the nest described. 
The third nest (Mus. No. 4700) was not quite completed when 
collected on May 25 from the thick forests at Halawa. Like the 
last, it was placed in an Ohia ten feet or more from the ground. 
Wanting the lining, as it does, it might be mistaken as the com- 
pleted nest of some other species as the Ieie fibres used in its con- 
struction make a very creditable lining. But a close examination 
of the size, shape and material used, so far as completed, shows it 
to be substantially the same as the first described. However, the 
moss is of a different species and a more liberal use is made of 
small twigs in the foundation, while as just said, Ieie leaf fibre 
enters extensively into the secondary lining. Only a few of the 
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