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AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN. 



Palmer says of this bird :-« This is by far the rarest of the Laysan-Island birds, though I have 

 observed a fair number, generally iu pairs. They are very active in their movements 

 flitting about in the scrub. It feeds on very small insects as a rule, but I have also observed 

 it sucking honey from the flowers. It has a low sweet song, consisting of several notes, but 

 very seldom gives utterance to any sound, except during the breeding-season. Mr. Preoth 

 tells me it is in full song in January and February, when the plumage also has a beautiful 

 golden gloss over the red. So no doubt the breeding-season lays between that time and June, 

 when I met with full-grown young ones." 



(Kvm.—Eimatione sangninea (Gm.) is figured on the same Plate for comparison.) 



