Gill, Douglas E. 1964 Kauai Amakihi: Resembled the Anianiaw but was slightly larger and always a dull olive green as opposed to a yellow or yellowish green. The large beak gave it a bull headed appearance and the dark local stripe gave a dark check look. Tended to be less active than the Lesser Amakihi. Its call was a short weak cheep or squeak, very nondescript and hardly distinguishable. We only saw a few along the road and a couple on the ridge. Altogether perhaps 8 or 10 birds. We had no way of telling age and really didn't see enough of them to offer any constructive description. Creeper: We only saw four of these supposedly common birds. I had one on the road and a group of three up on the ridge. The dingy, white below, dull blah upper parts and light beak were easy to tell. All four birds crept along dead limbs of dead trees nuthatch like and were noticeable from this. I saw no indication of a preference for low story growth as indicated by other observers. Their call was a plain dull cheep or squeek which I thought was huskier than the other calls. Akepa: We had only a.few of these and undoubtedly overlooked them at the beginning. I'm sure I misidentified two at the beginning as Amakihi but realized my mistake when I observed one closely on the road. We didn't have any on the ridge. The black oral patch immediately separates it from the Amaniaw but not the Amakihi. Compared to the latter it is yellower on the breast and crown, which does remind one of the Anianiaw. In other words it looks like an Amaniaw with a black eye patch, or a yellow Amakihi. The finch like beak with a whitish or light blue lower mandible stand out. I don't recall -148-