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AVIFAUNA OF LATSAN, ETC. 



big 'Elepaio' (Chasiempis), but soon saw it was something else. When I had shot it I 

 was aware it was something new to me. Between the bill and the eye is a white mark." 

 Of this white mark only an indication is left, as the head is partly destroyed. The faulty 

 condition of the skin accounts for my having left some parts of it undescribed; the bill, 

 wings, tail, feet, the abdomen, breast, back, and rump, however, are complete. 



In the stomach of the adult bird Palmer found seeds and caterpillars, in those of the 

 young birds insects and green pieces of some seed. 



The adult bird is the same species as that mentioned by Wilson, in e Aves Hawaiienses,' 

 Part II., under Phceomis myiadestina. He says:— "In a letter received lately from my 

 friend Mr. P. Gay, he raises the question of there being another species of Phaornis found 

 on Kauai, and his remarks on a skin recently obtained by a collector are as follows :— 

 ' It appeared to me to be a species of Kamao, the only difference being a narrower bill, 

 lighter coloured feet, and a smaller body, and, according to the collector, lighter coloured 

 feathers about the head. Our natives always said there was a different variety called the 

 'Puaiohi,' which they said had a different note from the common Kamao. I never 

 believed much in what the natives said about it, as the Kamao varies so much in colour 

 and spots. [Here Mr. Gay is obviously right in referring to the differences between old and 

 young in ' colour and spots,' but, as my description shows, my J?hccomis palmeri is quite 

 distinct. — ^Y. R.] This bird may be more common on the windward side of the island, 

 as the name of Puaiohi is more commonly used there than here.' Mr. Gay adds : ' The 

 single skin I saw was a poor one, having been partly eaten by rats.' " 



The skins of the two young birds, I may add, are in very good condition. 



