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No.60. Vestaria coccinea
Native Name - Divi
Hawaii
Length 5.93 inches, Wing 3.10 inches, Tail 2.05 inches
Culmen 1.05 inches, Tarsus 1.05 inches, Foot 7.0 inches
Depth of beak .28 inches, Distance from tip of
beak to wing (carpal joint) 2.30 inches.
Color of bill yellow carmine. Found in
N.W part of lower end of Cornfield, Davis
Ranch Hanaekua Hawaii, at 4000 foot ele-
vation on Aug. 10.1903. Young male, shot
while feeding on caterpillars which eat the
leaves of the Ohea trees. Exchanged with
Mr. L. H. Miller, Aug. 15.1903.