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AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN, ETC. 



1848. Peale, Titian. U.S. Expl. Exp. (Zool.), Birds. 



Only a few copies of this work exist, nearly the whole edition having been destroyed soon after its issue. 

 Nevertheless of great importance for the Ornithology of the Pacific Ocean. Described for the first time 

 from the Sandwich Islands :-Buteo solitarius, Corvus hawaiiensis, Chcetoptila angustipluma ; many others 

 mentioned. 



1850. Cabanis, Jean. Mus. Hein. vol. i. pp. 99, 100. 



Himatione chloris and Himatione maculata = Oreomyza maculata described. 



1852. Hartlatjb, G., in Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Heft i. pp. 93-138. 

 Review of the ornithological results of the U.S. Exploring Expedition. 



1854. Hartlaub, in Journ. f. Orn. p. 170. 



List of 30 species supposed to be known from the Sandwich Islands. First list of Hawaiian Birds ! 



1858. Cassin, John. U.S. Exploring Expedition : Mammalogy and Ornithology. With Atlas. 



This work may be called a new edition of Titian Peale's work of 1848. While many mistakes are 

 corrected, some alterations are most unhappy and erroneous. 



In the Atlas is figured : Buteo solitarius (sub nomine gen. " Pandion ! "), Corvus hawaiiensis, Phceornis 

 obscurus (s. n. gen. Taenioptera), Chatoptila angustipluma (s. n. gen. Mohoa), Fulica alai. 



1860. Gould, J. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 381. 



Moho apicalis, sp. nov. 



1869. Dole, Sandford. Synopsis of Birds hitherto described from the Sandwich Islands. 

 (Proceed. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. vol. xii. pp. 291-309.) 

 Forty-eight species enumerated. Most valuable, though full of errors. 



1871. Sclater, P. L. Remarks on the Avifauna of the Sandwich Islands. (Ibis, vol. i. 

 3rd series, pp. 356-362.) 



Critical and other remarks on Dole's work of 1869. 



1872. Pelzeln, A. von. Ueher Geschlechtsdifferenzen bei den Meliphagiden der Sandwich- 

 Inseln. (Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 24-30.) 



This article contains some mistakes ; for example " Himatione flava Bloxam w is considered to be the 

 adult male of H. chloris Cab. ! We are told that the Vienna Museum possesses a pair of Drepanis pacifica 

 from the Leverian Museum, and some of Deppe's specimens from Oahu. 



1877. Oustalet, M. E. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 99. 

 Loocioides bailleui described. 



1877. Streets, Tn. Description of a new Moorhen from the Hawaiian Islands. (Ibis, 

 pp. 25-27.) 



Figure : frontal shield of Gallinula sandwichensis. 



