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LIST OF BIRDS. 
1. Nectarina Coccinea; native name, Hehivi. 
Certhia Coccinia, Linn. 
One of the birds which furnishes feathers for cloaks, &c.: they 
build on the tops of trees. 
2. Nectarina Byronensis ; native name, Apapanie. 
Fringilla Coccinea. Linn. 
Another of the birds whose feathers are used for cloaks. 
3. Nectarina Flava ; native name, Amakee. 
Length four and a half inches: bill dark brown, slightly curved, 
sharp-pointed, half an inch in length ; upper mandible rather longer 
than the lower; nostril at the base covered with a hard membrane; 
tongue tubular, divided at the extremity into minute threads or fila¬ 
ments ; neck, breast, and belly, yellow; upper part a yellowish olive 
green; quill feathers slightly edged with green; the male bird of a 
deeper colour than the female ; legs brown ; toes three forwards and 
one backwards, the middle connected with the outer one as far as the 
first joint; tail short, brown, feathers edged with yellowish green. 
Habits and food the same as 1 and 2. 
4. Nectarina Niger ; native name, Uho. 
Merops Niger. Gracula Longirostra. Linn. 
This is the bird whose yellow feathers are so highly prized. 
5. ; native name, Ohu. 
Loxia Psittacea. Linn. 
Parrot-billed Grosbeak. 
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