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trees, chiefly palms, abound, hundreds and thousands come 
to roost; and their unharmonious concert lasts from six in 
the evening for an hour or more. The same is the case at 
daybreak (a little after five o’clock). Next to the Mainas our 
House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus) takes the chief place; and 
it is very interesting to the stranger from the west to see his 
fellow-countryman, the Common House-Sparrow, located 
in cocoanut-trees in company with Mainas, just as if it 
had always been accustomed to this tropical tree. Besides 
the noise of the Mainas, and the chirping of the Sparrow, 
the call of a Turtle Dove is to be heard in every garden. 
This is also an introduced species from China (Turtur chi- 
nensis). These three species were all I saw during a week’s 
stay at Honolulu. Even some excursions into the environs, 
to Punch-bowl Hill and a neighbouring valley, made me 
acquainted only with two other birds—namely, a species of 
Carpodacus, imported from California, and the Short-eared 
Owl (Otus brachyotus). The latter seems to pursue a very 
different kind of life from what I saw of it in the tundras of 
Northern Siberia, and is hated by the inhabitants as a de- 
vourer of poultry. 
The prospect being, as it appeared, not very encouraging, I 
left Honolulu as soon as possible, and started on June 24th 
for Mani, where we remained several weeks, stopping first at 
Waiehu, a lovely spot in the picturesque range of West Mani, 
where there are peaks of 7000 feet elevation, and then at 
Olinda, the summer residence of Mr. 8. Alexander. 
While crossing the desert-like isthmus from Malaea Bay 
to Waike I observed no other birds than a few Mainas and 
the Turtle Dove; but when I visited the small lagoon near 
the latter place I was gratified with the sight of Fulica alai 
and Gallinula sandvicensis. Both species I observed repeat- 
edly at the lagoon of Kahalui (Mani) and near Waimanalo 
(Oahu). In manners, habits, and cry both these birds closely 
resemble their allies in Europe; but both are undoubtedly 
different species. The Coot may at once be easily distin- 
guished by its uniform pale greyish feet, without any greenish 
band on the joint of the knee. Besides, the cry is not so 
