2 . 
Reproduction : On Uihoa the predominantely rock substrate precludes burrow 
construction except in a few scattered areas where earth has 
collected, Eihoa birds nest in caves, beneath ledges, among rock 
slides, and beneath Chenopodium bushes. Wetmore (op. cit) says that 
tt 
some females apparently lay at random and, it would seem, do not 
return to their eggs." The birds, during his stay, from June 11-16, 
1923, were in the process of egg laying. Vanderbilt and ^ Schauensee 
(op. cit) found eggs and small nestlings on August 7“ 1 S', 19 b 0 . Kramer 
and Beardsley (op. cit) found eggs on June 10, 1962. 
1964 estimated 2,000 
5UKV6Y / - 7 , 
The PQBSP v - icH b t of (23 and_ ?} 
September. 
downy nestlings. A high percentage of egg dumping, as described by 
Wetmore (op. cit) would consequently produce a relatively small number 
of nestlings, as compared with breeding pairs. It seems probable that 
habitat saturation accounts for such wastage. 
Other Specimens : USEM I89399, cf, June 2, 1902; USEM 189400, $, June 2, 1902; 
USRM 189401, ?, June 2, 1902; USEM 300723, tf, June 13, 1923; USEM 
300724, 9, June 11, 1923; USEM 300725, 9, June 11, 1923; Phila. 
Academy 146153 > August 1940. 
Eggs: USEM 38660 through 38680, June 15, 1923* 
