Hoeman, Vincent D. 1964 We land at Hilo at 0855, rent a car, and immediately see mynahs, rockdoves, and house sparrows in that order, but soon golden plover, house finches and spotted doves - also mongoose very plentifully. We grocery shop in town and locate Mr. and Mrs. Robert I. Baldwin through the city library. Members of a now-defunct bird club, they tell us much about the local birds and mention a gull with dark bill, legs, feet and band across tail, light under and gray mantle that was here this winter at pond south of airport. Next we try to get hold of Hawaiian Fish and Game man in town, then up at the Pohakuloa Station on the Saddle Road between the high peaks without success but see many skylarks and hear the Hawaiian thrush. Going on over the other side near Wakii we collect a male house finch d.o.r. (field No. 0659). Left testis 6 by 5.5 mm. See cock then ring- necked pheasant in open country and take highway 19 back to Hilo along windward coast, Larry collecting speeding ticket along way. This afternoon we drive in rain to Hawaiian Volcanoes Nat. Park Hg. where we talk to chief naturalist Dwight L. Hamilton, 1949 Colo. A and M. Grad., who gives us some excellent leads on reaching Mauna Loa crater and the offshore island of Keaoi and presents us a copy of Dumire's Birds of the Nat. Parks of Hawaii. At an overlook point by Kilauea Crater Larry kins a mongoose we'd picked up d.o.r. earlier (No. 0660) and we return to Hilo and talk to Ernest Kasaka of Haw. Fish and Game. He gives us some minor leads on dark-rumped petrels on Mauna Kea.