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AVIFAUNA OF LAYS AN, ETC. 



Another time again sounds were frequently repeated which sounded to me like < Ponk,' 

 finishing with the cat-like 1 whao.' " 



Palmer saw these birds "sucking" the Ohia-flowers and found in the stomachs remains 

 of small beetles, tiny land-shells, and some insects which he did not know. 



Palmer got very few males, and it was a long time before he procured one. lie 

 thinks they kept quiet in the undergrowth, but it is possible that they were breeding 

 at the time. 



