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and akekeke. Early in October of 1900 I saw two hunakai on the 

 Hilo beach, where they made themselves very much at home, re- 

 maining there for at least a fortnight. Mr. Hewitt has sent me 

 a third specimen which, he shot at Kaalulalu October 14, 1900. 

 September 25, 1901, I saw a little company of four on the Hilo. 

 beach. I am inclined now, therefore, to regard the hunakai as a 

 regtxlar migrant to the Hawaiian Islands, coming each year in 

 small numbers which are likely to increase as time goes on. 



Description. — Adult in winter plumage. Above pale grey, the feathers 

 of head, back and rump with black central areas; hind neck and rump 

 lighter; under parts pure white; bill and feet black. Length 7-8.75; bill 

 about an inch. 



Tringa acuminata (Hors.) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



One specimen was procured on Laysan by Professor Schauins- 

 land and is now in the Bremen Museum. A second specimen was 

 taken by Mr. A. F. Judd in Moanalua valley near Honolulu, and 

 a third by Brother Matthias on Maui as recorded by Mr. Bryan 

 in the Key. As this sandpiper is a common summer resident of 

 Alaska, occasional individuals m.ay be looked for in the islands 

 accompanying the plover and akekeke in the Fall migration. 



Description. — Adult in winter plumage. Above grayish brown, streak- 

 ed and striped with dusky ; supercilliary stripe and lower parts dull white ; 

 chest and sides, breast, pale grayish buff. In summer the upper parts 

 are brighter with rusty and black; unders streaked with dusky, and with 

 greyish-brown V-shaped marks. Length about 8.25. 



Tringa maculata Vieill. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Two specimens of this sandpiper have been shot by Mr. George 

 C. Hewitt, one on the coast of Kau, Hawaii, the other a few miles 

 inland, in the Fall of 1900. Both specimens were sent to me for 



examination. 



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 Description. — Above brownish buff much marked with black; breast 

 buff, with dusky streaks ; rest of lower parts white. Length about 8.75. 



Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson's Snipe. 

 One of these snipe was killed by Mr. Hewitt near Naalehu a 



