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List of birds of the Hawaiian islands

Author:
Dole, Sanford B.
Title:
List of birds of the Hawaiian islands
Periodical:
Thrum's Hawaiian almanac and annual for 1879
Year:
1879
Pages:
p. 41-58
Subject:
Birds Hawaiian Islands
Summary:
As by far the greater number of birds belonging to the Hawaiian Islands are found in the mountain regions of the interior, and thus have escaped the naturalists of various exploring expeditions, whose limited time has been spent near the shores, or on the lowlands. As a result, the list shows a large preponderance of shore and water-birds, and probably comprises but little more than half of the avi-fauna of the group. And yet our museums, and those of Europe as well, have so few specimens, even of the species here enumerated as peculiar to the islands, that it seems well to print the brief characteristics given in the original descriptions, which it is hoped that a further study may supplement or correct. Of the endemic species, little is known in regard to their habits or times of incubation, and few eggs are ever found, as their nests are mostly in the jungle or on the mountain plateaux where no person resides, and where few go. In compiling the list of birds of the Hawaiian Islands, all authorities on this subject were consulted, and it is believed that it includes all species that have been described, (such as members of the Falcondidae, Strigidae, Promeropidae, Meliphagigae, Turdidae, Muscicapidae, Ampelidae, Corvidae, Fringillidae, Psittacidae, Charadriadae, Scolopacidae, Ardeidae, Rallidae, Anatidae, Procellaridae, Laridae, Pelicanidae families), have been noticed by naturalists as belonging to the Hawaiian Islands.
URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/10524/669
Collection:
Monographs