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Arenaria interpres. Turnstone. Seen but once among a flock of golden plover. 
Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. This species was shot on the Kahului pond 
while I was there. 
Heteractitis incanus. Wandering Tattler. Rather common along shore alone, 
or with the golden plover. A specimen taken near Hilo had a dextral deflection 
in the sternal keel, such as is often observed in heavy domestic fowls. 
I^ocality Date Sex Wing 
Tail 
Hx. Nasal 
Culmen Groove 
Middle 
Toe & Claw 
Hilo Hawaii 1-7-1900 ^ 6.48 
“ 1-16-1000 5 6.00*' 
3-05 
2.96 
1.46 .89 
1.48 .86 
1.23 
1.20 
*■ Wing badly worn. Both specimens are 
in nnbarrcd plumage. 
Charadrius dominicus fulvus. Pacific Golden Plover. Golden plovers were 
abundant among the sand dunes of the low central neck of Maui. Ordinarily 
they were found in pairs or fours. The stomach of one was filled with seeds and 
stomachs of four others contained wing cases of small coleoptera, larvae and a 
few small bivalve shells. 
M E AS U R E M E NTS 
OF CHARADRIUS. 
Field 
Number 
Date 
Sex 
Wing 
Tail 
EXp. 
Culmen 
Tarsus 
Middle toe 
with Claw 
185 
Dec. 15, ’99 
6 
6.63 
2.56 
•93 
1.86 
1.25 
200 
Dec. 23, ’99 
? 
6.28 
2.16 
•93 
1.65 
I. II 
201 
Dec. 25, ’99 
6 
6.55 
2-45 
.98 
1.77 
1. 21 
202 
* ‘ 
6 
6.70 
2.47 
T.OO 
1-75 
1.26 
203 
“ 
? 
.6.78 
2.52 
•95 
1.78 
1. 19 
204 
? 
6.56 
2.46 
•95 
1.68 
1.23 
The black-crowned night heron {Nycticorax 7 iyciicorax ncevius) is probably resi- 
dent on the island. A single example was seen on two occasions in lao Valley. 
Coots {Fiflica alai) were abundant on the ponds near Kahului. Five specimens 
were secured on New Year’s Day. 
Gallinules {Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) were observed in a marsh on the out- 
skirts of Lahaina, Maui, where a male was taken Feb. 8. Colors in life: 
Frontal shield and bill, deep red; end of bill, green; legs, greenish-yellow except 
half an inch below feathers which was red like the bill; part of toes yellowish. 
Measurements: Wing, 6.74; tail, 2:60; bill, including shield, 1.83; tarsus, 2.37; 
middle toe with claw, 3.24 inches. 
Anous hawaiiensis ? Near Kahakaloa Point, about eight miles west of Kahu- 
lui, a number of these birds were feeding in the breakers off the rocky shores. 
But few were seen over the smooth water and one of these was shot as he crossed 
the bow of our boat. The specimen, a male, was collected December 18. The 
throat was filled with small worms and the stomach contained three small fish, 
badly decomposed. This bird measures as follows : wing, 8:20; tail, 4.32; ex- 
posed culmen, 1.48; depth of bill at base, .28; tarsus, .80; middle toe with claw, 
I 22. On March 3 one was seen about a mile from Kaunakakai. Two addled eggs 
were found in the recesses of the rocks on Kahoolawe but the identification is 
somewhat doubtful. 
A single male owl (Asia accipitrmus) was shot in lao Valley, December 27. 
The stomach was empty. Two large parasitic Diptera flew off as the bird was 
