Notes on the Red-billed Leiothrix in Hawaii

THE NAME JAPANESE HIL.L ROBIN often used in Hawaii for Leiothrix lutea (Scopoli) is an unfortunate misnomer, as is Pekin Nightingale, because the bird does not occur in the wild in Japan nor does it occur as far north as Shanghai, much less Pekin or Peipmg. Henshaw (1911: 63) recommended the introduction of this species into Hawaii as early as 1911 and noted that it lives to some extent on insects and small fruits. Caum (1933: 38-39) states that the species was first introduced into the Territory of Hawaii in 1918 by Mrs. Dora Isenberg, who liberated several birds on the island of Kauai. However, the records kept by the Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry indicate