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ligrants begin to appear, and it is noticeable that the first comers 

 re adults, chiefly males and still in the nuptial dress which, how- 

 ver, is now somewhat worn and faded. Very soon after their 

 rrival they begin the fall moult, and by. the middle of September 

 idividual birds are to be found that show but a few barred feath- 

 rs and have nearly donned the full winter suit. 



The ulili does not appear to return to the islands in flocks but 

 3 drop in a few at a time, perhaps in flocks of other birds, as 

 :olea and akekeke, and it is probable that the migration of the 

 pecies is not concluded till early winter. 



Description. — Adult. Above plumbeus grey; below white, streaked and 

 arred with dusky. Length about ii inches. In winter underparts are 

 nspotted ; breast plumbeus grey. 



Jmosa lapponica baueri (Naum.). Pacific Godwit. 



According to Bryan a specimen of this godwit was secured by 

 At. Francis Gay on the island of Kauai, while a fine specimen in 

 i'inter dress is in the cabinet of Saint Louis College, Honolulu. 



Mr. Rothschild notes (Avifauna of Laysan pt. iii, 307) that 

 everal were procured on Laysan Island by Prof. Schauinsland in 

 tlay, 1896, which completes the present record for the islands. 



The bird is found both on the Asiatic and Alaskan coasts, mi- 

 grating as far south in winter as Australia and New Zealand. 



Description. — Adult. Head, neck and lower parts cinnamon; back and 

 capularies irregularly varied with blackish, whitish and light rusty; wing 

 overts light greyish with dusky shaft-streaks and whitish margins. In 

 /inter head, neck and lower parts whitish; head and neck streaked, the 

 ack and sides irregularly barred with greyish brown; back and scapulars 

 rownish grey. Length about 14.60-16 inches. (Ridgway.) 



"alidris arenaria (Linn.). Hunakai; Sanderling. 



Mr. Knudsen appears to have been the first to observe this 

 pecies in the islands, and he secured several examples upon 

 ■Cauai. In October of 1899 I secured two specimens at Kaalualu 

 )n the Kau coast. At this place the bird seems to be by no means 

 are and, although the natives did not know it by name, they as- 

 lured rhe that itxame in small numbers every year with the kolea 



