Chapter I: Front Matter

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK

copyright 1961

cover by Ronald L. Walker

(see center plate for identification)

BIRDS
_of the_
NATIONAL PARKS
_in_
HAWAII

by
William W. Dunmire
_Park Naturalist, Hawaii National Park_

Illustrated by Ronald L. Walker
_District Biologist, State Division of Fish & Game_

HAWAII NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION
1961

_Table of Contents_

Page
Introduction 2
How the Birds Came 3
The Decline of Native Birds 4
Where to See the Birds 5
The National Parks 8
About This Booklet 8
The Birds
Petrels: Family Procellariidae 11
Tropic-birds: Family Phaëthontidae 11
Geese: Family Anatidae 13
Hawks: Family Accipitridae 15
Quails, Partridges, Pheasants: Family Phasianidae 15
Plovers, Turnstones: Family Charadriidae 19
Sandpipers: Family Scolopacidae 20
Terns: Family Laridae 20
Doves: Family Columbidae 21
Owls: Family Strigidae 22
Larks: Family Alaudidae 22
Babbling Thrushes: Family Timeliidae 23
Mockingbirds: Family Mimidae 24
Thrushes: Family Turdidae 25
Old World Flycatchers: Family Sylviidae 26
Starlings: Family Sturnidae 27
White-eyes: Family Zosteropidae 27
Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Family Drepaniidae 28
Weaver Finches: Family Ploceidae 32
Finches, etc.: Family Fringillidae 33
Other Birds 34
Index 35