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hearing it, yes I do. It was a loud high pitch squeak or cheep which was 
very close to that of an Apapane. I couldn't tell the two apart by call un- 
less the Apapane gave its variety. Ho age data were available. 
Iiwi ; We only saw two of these both on the trail on the ridge (one was on a 
slope going up). Both were in the full red plumage. They resembled Apapane 
closely but were more Vermillion than scarlet. The large horny salmon 
colored beak was obvious. Whereas the Apapane was a very rapid moving bird 
while feeding (almost bouncing through the branches) the Iiwi was slower 
moving. It did appear larger, especially with the huge beak. It didn't call 
so I don't know what it sounds like. 
Japanese White- eye ; a disgustingly abundant bird, outnumbering everything 
else several fold. Ore soon learned to ignore its call which was a shiller 
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or a soft chatter. Its great variety of squeals and whistles were often con- 
fusing with the Honcycreepers . It was much more active than the Honey creepers 
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and anything that moved very rapidly through brushes was a White-eye, any- 
thing that moved Warbler like was a Lesser Amakihi. It was very gregarious 
and often travelled in flocks, a couple of birds often would work the same 
branch together. 
23 August 196k ; Larry was in the car when I woke up around 0830 since it 
had rained last night. We slowly got organized (?) and decided to make 
another attempt at Alakai since we had missed it by a great distance yesterday 
After buying some supplies at a little general store at the base of Route 55 
we drove up to the Ranger Station. While filling our canteens we got new 
