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AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN, ETC. 



seen feeding amongst the foliage of the trees, slipping through the leaves exactly in the same 

 way as the red Loxops of Hawaii ; and they " differ not in any way in their habits from the 

 red Loxops" although they were seen in rather larger flocks when accompanied by the young 

 in June. The note is like that of the Hawaiian bird, only a little stronger ; in its movements 

 it is slower than the Himationes. They were always seen in flocks and were very tame, 

 not even flying off at the report of a gun — a similar tameness being peculiar to most birds 

 on Kauai. 



