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heard others—among them a very melodious song, reminding 
one of Petrocossyphus cyanus. The songster was, perhaps, 
Chasiempis. Psittirostra psittacea I saw repeatedly ; but I 
lost those I shot, from their falling into the ferns. 
I also got information of a very curious bird, which the 
natives call “U-au.”’ According to the description it breeds in 
holes underground on the mountains, resorting to its nesting- 
place only at night. I do not doubt that the bird is a species 
of Puffinus, as similar. habits are known of allied species in 
the Fijis, Navigators’ Islands, Tahiti, &c. To obtain infor- 
mation of this species, which Mr. Dole enumerates as “ Pro- 
cellaria alba, Gm.,’’ I made a day’s trip to a part of the 
Northern Haleakala ranges, where the birds were said to be 
breeding. Although I took the best guide I could get, we 
found nothing but a few old holes under the ferns, and an 
old dried-up white egg. The species remains, therefore, 
still uncertain ; but I have no doubt that it is the same which 
I saw soaring in evening-time on the rocky coast near Lahama. 
The bird looked black, white below, and reminded me of 
Puffinus obscurus. Just as unsuccessful was our trip to the 
spot where Bernicla sandvicensis breeds in the gigantic crater 
Haleakala, as, on account of the exhausted condition of our 
horses, we could not get into the crater, but were forced to 
be satisfied with a look into it, a sight never to be forgotten. 
My next letter will, I trust, contain notes from Micro- 
nesia, as we start tomorrow on board of the bark ‘ Hawaii’ 
direct for Taluit (Bonham), the chief place of the Marshall 
Group. As this region is a little out of the way, a long time 
will elapse before I shall be able to write again. 
VI—A further Contribution to the Ornithology of Asia Minor. 
By C. G. Danrorp. 
(Plate I1.*) 
Tue principle that “every little helps’ 
> must be my excuse 
* The accompanying sketch map of Asia Minor shows the routes: 
(coloured red) described in the present and in my former paper (Ibis, 
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