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wings pure white; white feathers at the base of the great wing 
coverts, and at the scapulars. These birds are gregarious. 
20. Scolopax Solitaris. 
Length 11 inches; bill one inch and three-quarters in length, 
black, straight, and slender; upper mandible slightly toothed at the 
end ; nostrils linear ; tongue tubular. Whole of the upper plumage 
dark ash; a white line extends on each side from the upper mandible 
to the eye. From the lower mandible to the neck is dusky white, 
below that a bright ash-colour; from the breast to the tail a dusky 
white j wings underneath a light ash ; legs yellowish ; tail short. 
21. ; native name , Uau. 
Procellaria Alba. Linn 
These birds are eaten by the natives. 
INSECTS. 
We met with only one Papilio, which Kotzebue has described 
under the name of Vanessa Tamehameha. 
We caught one Sphinx Moth; brown, with a purple stripe on 
each side of its body, which glitters in the sun. 
There are also several minute moths, several varieties of Libellula, 
one species of Cicada, a black earwig, a wood spider, and innumerable 
fleas. 
There are no snakes of any description, and the only reptiles we 
found were two species of lizard, copper-coloured, and neither exceeding 
five or six inches in length. 
FISH. 
Sharks are common in these seas, as are also the boneto and the 
flying-fish. Both red and grey mullet abound, and there are several 
curious and beautiful varieties brought to market. 
