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AVIFAUNA OF LAYS AX, ETC. 



On Molokai Mr. Scott Wilson found young in down in June, and Palmer obtained the 

 same on Niihau about the middle of J uly. 



Like its allies, the " Aeo " is very fond of its young, and keeps crying and flying at 

 close distances round the intruder, often swooping down and almost touching his head, or 

 they imitate a sick or wounded bird on the ground, to attract the attention of the enemy. 



On Kauai Palmer found the stomachs full of the larvae of a large kind of dragonfly. 



