Mr. Hope-Scott, in a letter to Mr. Badeley of August 23, 1867, gives a brief description of the Queen's visit, concluding as follows:- 'Throughout her visit, her Majesty was most gracious and kind, and her conduct to mamo was quite touching.
"Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2"
Robert Ornsby
The beautiful red birds, iiwi and akakani, and the birds of glorious yellow feathers, the oo and the mamo, were a joy to both eye and ear and found high places in Hawaiian legend and story, and all gave their most beautiful feathers for the cloaks and helmets of the chiefs.
"Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina"
W. D. Westervelt