Gill, Douglas E. 
T$uf — 
Kauai 
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Apapane : An infrequent bird along the road. Perhaps we saw only a dozen 
there. However up on the ridge it was an abundant bird. Practically all 
birds were the red plumage and I saw only 1 bird which appeared to be an 
immature. Larry thinks he saw 2 immature s. This indicates that either the 
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breeding season has long been over and the immature s have molted into the 
red plumage, or the breeding season is just starting. I suspect the former 
is more reasonable. The call of the Apapane is more variable than the others. 
Besides a sharp chirp, it sings Bhort phrases and notes which resemble the 
cowbird a great deal, but once in a while very meadowlark like. I should 
note here that all the Honoycreepers tended to he quiet, giving only very 
nondescript chirps or weak whistles. And the calls of all 6 species we had 
were very close and very difficult to tell apart. The apapane was the only 
one which gave sure. 
Lesser Amakihi ; Certainly the most abundant Honeycreeper of our entire area. 
Well X don't know: the abundant Apapane on the ridges may contest it, out 
generally the Anlaniaw was more frequently seen in most areas. It was 
readily distinguishable. Whether bright yellow all over or dull greenish, 
the lack of a black local mark was diagnostic. I suspect the bright yellow 
birds were adults and the dull greenish were immatures. That this may be 
true is substantiated by the collection of 2 iirsaatures both dull greenish. 
The bill is practically straight and the whole bird reminds one of a yellow 
warbler (Dendrolca petechia ) . The call is a sharp not especially loud, in- 
flected whistle squeek. Once learned one can identify their presence without 
looking. 
