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NOTE TO THE NEW EDITION

Long and undeservedly out of print, this valuable book has been the object of eager search by bird lovers and amateur ornithologists, chiefly because it is the only book of its type that gives thorough coverage to the subject. The original edition (Honolulu, 1944) has thus come to command a high price among collectors of Hawaiian birdlore. With the upsurge of interest that has attended Hawaii's accession to statehood, demand for the book has increased substantially, for it remains unique in the field and has long since proved its excellence as a guide to the bird life of the islands. It is therefore a decided pleasure to make available once again, in a revised edition, a work that has so well earned its reputation.

The author, taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the reissue of Birds of Hawaii, has added at the end of the volume a list of changes made in the scientific classifications and names of the birds since the date of first publication. It is hoped that this addition, together with replacement of some of the illustrations that appeared in the original, will further enhance the value of Mr. Munro's book.

The Publishers

Representatives

Continental Europe: BOXERBOOKS, INC., Zurich

British Isles: PRENTICE-HALL INTERNATIONAL, INC., London

Australasia: BOOK WISE (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD.

104-108 Sussex Street, Sydney 2000

Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

with editorial offices at

Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

Copyright in Japan, 1960 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

All rights reserved

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 60-15607

ISBN: 978-1-4629-0954-4 (ebook)

Revised edition, first printing, 1960

Ninth printing, 1982

PRINTED IN JAPAN