The Aquatic Resources of the Hawaiian Islands, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - Birds |
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Common terms and phrases
anal fin anal ray anteriorly base of caudal Bird Island branchiostegals caudal fin caudal peduncle caudal rays coast of Maui coast of Molokai coast of Oahu Color depth of caudal diameter of eye diameter of orbit distance from tip dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal ray dorsal spine dusky fathoms filamentous fish following stations front of anal Gilbert & Cramer gill-rakers hundredths of total interorbital space interorbital width Kaiwi Channel Lanai lateral line Laysan Island length of head length of maxillary length of snout length without caudal longest lower mandible mandibular margin membrane middle Molokai mouth Niihau nostril oblique occiput opercles opercular Pailolo Channel palatines pectoral fin pectoral ray photophores plates posterior posteriorly premaxillary preopercle ridge scales second dorsal short slender slightly soft dorsal south coast species specimens spots teeth tip of snout total length U. S. Nat upper ventral ray vicinity of Kauai vomer
Popular passages
Page 761 - of the kingdom, and nothing whatever shall be taken from any individual except by express provision of the laws. Whatever chief shall act perseveringly in violation of this declaration shall not longer remain a chief of the Hawaiian Islands, and the same shall
Page 761 - longer remain a chief of the Hawaiian Islands, and the same shall be true of the governors, officers, and all land agents. But if anyone who is deposed should change his course and regulate his conduct by law, it shall then
Page 761 - Protection is hereby secured to the persons of all the people, together with their
Page 761 - subject only to the tabu days of the priest or alii, when no canoes were allowed to go out upon the water.
Page 734 - 11 across the mouth. A small cylinder or cone of wicker is attached by the large end to the mouth and turned inward toward the
Page 641 - preopercular spine; the anterior limit of the expanded edge marked by a projecting spine, to the base of which runs a vertical ridge from front of eye and an oblique ridge from middle of lower orbital margin; all the plates of the head minutely prickly; on median portion of snout 6 or
Page 730 - canoes and all the others move gradually forward with it, while the leading canoes are pulling with all their might straight in to the shore. When either end is landed the men immediately leap out, and taking hold of the line pull on it, at the same time going
Page 749 - which come in through the open gates at certain seasons of the year, the owner usually has men engaged in catching young amaama and awa in the open sea and bays, and transporting them alive to these enclosures, where they are kept until they attain a marketable size, and longer, frequently, if the prices quoted in the market
Page 729 - poles, and driving the school before them into the open bag. The malolo will not dive to any depth, and are always found swimming very near the surface, so that, when completely surrounded by the canoes, they can be driven wherever wanted. This fishing is called
Page 641 - space deeply concave, with a median groove, which widens posteriorly; a small postocular spine, a much stronger spine at end of occipital ridges, and small spines at end of paroccipital opercular crests; upper orbital rim spinulose along its entire length; in the young are usually