The contribution of the voyage of H.M.S.Blonde(1825) to Hawaiian ornithology

The voyage of H.M.S. Mm* (1825) was the Ant after Cook': thnd voyage (1778-79) to bring back significant new knowledge of the ornithology of the Hawaiian Islands. Twenty-five existing Hawaiian specimens of birds from the voyage are traced and discussed, along with previously unpublished natural history notes by the expedition's naturalist, Andrew Bloxam. The B/om/f expedition is the only one known to have obtained a thrush (f Aoeon:ij=AfyadMff.i) on Oahu, and two specimens probably of Oahu origin, including the type of Tlwdw; wooAenju Bloxam, are identined. The name /Vecforina ./&n%i Bloxam (1827) is shown to have priority over ffimonomg cWork Cabanis (1850) for the Oahu Amakihi.