Gill, Douglas E. 1964 Kauai Apapane: An infrequent bird along the road. Perhaps we saw only a dozen there. However up on the ridge it was an abundant bird. Practically all birds were the red plumage and I saw only 1 bird which appeared to be an immature. Larry thinks he saw 2 immatures. This indicates that either the breeding season has long been over and the immatures have molted into the red plumage, or the breeding season is just starting. I suspect the former is more reasonable. The call of the Apapane is more variable than the others. Besides a sharp chirp, it sings short phrases and notes which resemble the cowbird a great deal, but once in a while very meadowlark like. I should note here that all the Honeycreepers tended to be quiet, giving only very nondescript chirps or weak whistles. And the calls of all 6 species we had were very close and very difficult to tell apart. The apapane was the only one which gave sure. Lesser Amakihi: Certainly the most abundant Honeycreeper of our entire area. Well I don't know: the abundant Apapane on the ridges may contest it, but generally the Anianiw was more frequently seen in most areas. It was readily distinguishable. Whether bright yellow all over or dull greenish, the lack of a black local mark was diagnostic. I suspect the bright yellow birds were adults and the dull greenish were immatures. That this may be true is substantiated by the collection of 2 immatures both dull greenish. The bill is practically straight and the whole bird reminds one of a yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia). The call is a sharp not especially loud, in- flected whistle squeek. Once learned one can identify their presence without looking.