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AVIFAUNA OF LAY SAN, ETC. 



According to Palmer this species generally goes about in small flocks and often in 

 company with other small birds, and it is not very rare. Palmer sent me a very fine series. 



Small insects were found in the stomach of this bird. According to Messrs. Wilson and 

 Knudsen it feeds on insects and also occasionally on the honey of flowers. 



The nearest ally to Oreomyza parva is, in my opinion, Oreomyza montana, which, however, 

 is a larger species. 



