Note 179 — Introductory material (continued 8)

Ahuula; all the feather robes, capes and cloaks come under this title. Halakea, the adjective applied to the yellow ones, sometimes two or three yards in length. The bird mamo held on its black body feathers a layer of several orange-colored, while the o-o—of glossy black—had a tuft of yellow feathers under the wings. ↑