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of the Oreomyza mana. The songs of certain other species, as the Amiicihi {Himatione virens) , are short and feeble. Though pleasant to the ear, they cannot take high rank in the scale of bird music. There are other species whose songs are both sweet and melodious, like the Ou. Then there are others again, like the liwi and the Akakani, which sing the year through, and at certain seasons are the most persistent singers I have ever heard. The latter, especially, is notable for singing when it is through From Wilson's ' Avcs Haw:iiunsi> ' IIWI I lleiniiiiiaihus /•roceiui) feeding, and it has assembled in small colonics in the tree -tops for its midday siesta. At such times most species are silent. Hut the Akakani sings itself to sleep with a soft, delightful lullaby to which the gentle rustle of the tree-tops forms a fitting acconipaniiuc-iit . Tin- liui has a ariety of notes, most of which arc > eet and pleasing. Hut where binis give so freely of their songs as do the liwi ami the Akakani, surely we ma' delight in their S|)ontane()iisness and not be oer-critical as to llu- i]ualit . in conclusion, a word ma be addfd .is to the future of the Hawaiian