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LIST OF BIRDS INTRODUCED INTO THE 

 SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



Alauda arvensis. The Skylark has hecn met with by Palmer on Oahu, where it had 

 been introduced recently. 



Passer domesticus (teste Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 78, Schauinsland and Wilson). Oahu, 

 Molokai, and probably other islands. 



Carpodacus frontalis. Palmer sent a series of skins from Kauai and Hawaii. Schauins- 

 land observed it on Molokai. He seems to think that it immigrated from America, but 

 this is most improbable. Palmer also says that it is introduced (Abh. nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, xvi. 3). (Home: North America.) 



Muni a topela. Palmer sent me a dozen from Kauai, where it is very common. (Home : 

 China.) 



Acrldotheres tristis. Palmer found it very numerous and very harmful to the native 

 birds. He sent me skins from Kauai. (Home: India.) Of. Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 77. 

 Prof. Schauinsland saw it on Molokai, but he says it is most frequent on Oahu, where it 

 was introduced by the botanist Dr. Hillebrand. 



TuFvTUii chinensis (teste Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 78, and Wilson). Also Schauinsland, Abh. 

 nat. Ver. Bremen, xvi. Heft 3 (1900) K Prof. Schauinsland says " Turtur chinensis und 

 andere." 



Oetyx virginianus and Lophortyx californices. Plentiful on several islands. Palmer 

 sent some chicks from Hawaii. (Home : North America.) 



Porphyrio melanotus. Palmer shot two on Oahu, where they were said to be imported. 

 (Home : Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and (?) parts of New Guinea.) 



Peacocks. These birds have become feral on the island of Maui, where Palmer found them 

 in large numbers. They were probably T?aw cristatus. 



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