PALMER'S DIABY. 



(Di.) 3 



During the last week of March Palmer remarks that several birds must be breeding or 

 shortly about to do so, for lie saw ChlorodrepanU stejnegeri (AVils.) pairing, and noticed the 

 ovaries enlarged in Loxops cwrxlci rostris (Wils.) and in Psittirostra. 



Palmer deplores his ill-luck in losing a horse and the damage done by rats to the legs 

 of the goose. After his experience with the new Phaornis, this latter ought to have been 

 avoided ! 



At the beginning of April Palmer collected at Makaweli and made several smaller 

 excursions, and on April 7th he went to Hanalei. This place is situated right at the foot of 

 the most rugged mountains, but the season was an unfortunate one, it being rainy and foggy. 

 The forest here Palmer believes to be maiden forest, the undergrowth is very thick, and the 

 trees high and lofty. No pass runs up to any distance, so that one had to be cut. 



On April 20th Palmer went to EanaJeapie, but for some time was much embarrassed by a 

 sore heel. After getting better, a fair series of the Hawaiian Noddy were collected. This is 

 allied to Anom melanogenys but quite distinct, and I have named it Anous hawaiiensis 

 (see Part I. p. -13). In vain my collector searched for the small Phceornis, which must be 

 very rare. 



At the end of April Palmer left Kauai and went to Honolulu, from there he made the 

 trip to Laysan, the Diary of which is given in the first Part of this work. 



After his return from the Laysan trip Palmer fell ill with influenza, and was laid up for 

 nearly a fortnight. On September 4th he sailed from Honolulu, and reached Kealakeakua, 

 on the island of Hawaii, at 3 p.m. on the following day. 



HAWAII 



is by far the largest island of the Hawaiian Possessions. It is called Owhyhee by Cook, 

 O Wahi by Kotzebue, Owhywi by Freycinet and others. All these words are representations 

 of the same sound. The west side of Hawaii is nearly 100 miles long, the N.E. side about 



76 miles, and the S.E. side 60. 



The mountains of Hawaii rise gradually and comparatively unbroken, particularly from 

 the southern shore, to the lofty summit of Mauna Loa, which is 13,675 feet high. Its 

 appearance is the grandest and most majestic in the Pacific Ocean, although perhaps less 

 romantic and picturesque than that of Tahiti. Great parts of the interior of Hawaii are still 

 uninhabited wilderness. The big mountain in the north of the island, the Mauna Kea, is, 

 according to the most recent measurements, even higher than the Mauna Loa, being 

 13,805 feet high, while the Mount Hualalai, on the west side, is only 8275 feet high. 



The Mauna Kea (White Mountain) is covered with vegetation up to about 1000 feet 

 from the summit, where frosts prevail. 



Mauna Loa has a most extensive crater, about which much has been written of late, 

 it having been visited by many travellers. The eruptions of Mauna Loa are among the most 

 destructive on record. Terrible streams of lava have many times devastated the most fertile 

 parts of the island, and their effects on animal life must have been dreadful The vegetation 

 of Mauna Loa is said to differ greatly from that of Mauna Kea. 



The principal places are Hilo (which is next to Honolulu in size and importance), 

 Kailua, Waimea, Kohala, and a few others. 



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