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CONTENTS. 



Pagi: 



PREFACE ' 1 



LITERATURE REFERRING TO THE BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 



ON THE ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE HAWAIIAN AVIFAUNA xi 



LIST OF PLATES 



THE ISLAND OF LATSAN 



Introductory Notes 



Diary of Henry Palmer from May 5th to August L8th 



LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM LAYS AN AND THE NEIGH- 

 BOURING ISLANDS 



RESUME OF PALMER'S DIARY (Jan. 1, 1891, to August 1893) (Di.) 1 - (Di.) 21 



HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 



1—58 



Gen. Ph;eornis 59 



Ciiasiempis 69 



Hemignathus and Heterorhynchus ... 79 



Hemignathus 83 



Heterorhynchus 95 



Viridonia 107 



Oreomyza HI 



Chlorodrepanis 131 



Himatione 141 



Palmeria 147 



Vestiaria 151 



Drkpanis 157 



Drkpanorhamphus 1^3 



Loxops 167 



ClRlDOES 181 



Pseudonestor 185 



PsiTTIROSTJtA ... 189 



Loxioides 195 



Telespiza 199 



Rhodacanthjs 201 



Chloridops 207 



Chtetoptila 213 



Moho 217 



CORTUS II AWAIIENSIS .... 

 ASIO ACCIPITRINUS SANDWICHENSIS 



Circus hudsonius 



buteo solixarius , 



Gen. Pennula 



fulica alai 



G-allinula saxdvicensis . . . 

 i 1 i m a n t( >p us k x udsbni . . . 



CbYMOPHILUS FULICABIUS . . . 

 GaXLINAGO DBLICATA .... 

 HeTEBAOTITIS ISTOAHUS . . • 

 1 1 ETEBOPYGIA A( TMINATA . . 

 NUM EM I US TAJI 1TIENSIS . . . 

 CaLTJDBIS ARENARIA .... 



Abbnaria interpres .... 

 Chabadbius dominicus fulyus 

 plegadis guarauna .... 

 nycti0ora3 nycticorax n.eyius 

 Demiegretta sacra .... 



Mergus serrator 



Anas wyyilliana 



Dafila acuta 



Spatula clypeata 



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