Gill, Douglas E . 
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Kauai 
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Amakihi : Resembled the Anianiaw but was slightly larger and always n dull 
olive green as opposed to a yellow or yellowish green. The large beak gave 
it a bull headed appearance and the dark local stripe gave a dark check look. 
Tended to be less active than the Lesser Amakihi. Its call was a short weak 
cheep or squeak, very nondescript and hardly distinguishable. We only saw a 
few along the road and a couple on the ridge. Altogether perhaps 8 or 10 
birds. We had no way of telling age and really didn't see enough of them 
to offer any constructive description. 
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Creeper : We only saw four of these supposedly common birds. I had one on 
the road and a group of three up on the ridge. The dingy, white below, dull 
blah upper parts and light beak were easy to tell. All four birds crept along 
dead limbs of dead trees nuthatch like and were noticable from this. I saw 
no indication of a preference for low story growth as indicated by other 
observers. Their call was a plain dull cheep or squeek which I thought was 
huskier than the other calls. 
Akepa : We tod only a. few of these and undoubtedly overlooked them at the 
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beginning. I'm sure I misidentif led two at the beginning as Amakihi but 
realized my mistake when I observed one closely on the road. We didn't have 
any on the ridge. The black oral patch immediately separates it from the 
Amaniaw but not the Amakihi. Compared to the latter it is yellower on the 
breast and crown, which does remind one of the Anianiaw. In other words it 
looks like an Amaniaw with a black eye patch, or a yellow Amakihi. The finch 
like beak with a whitish or light blue lower mandible stand out. I don't recall 
