Tahiti rail plantations. Its diet appears to have consisted mainly of insects and occasionally copra (coconut meat). The extinction of the Tahiti rail was probably due to predation by humans and introduced cats and rats. It appears to have become extinct some time after 1844 on Tahiti, and perhaps as late as the 1930s on Mehetia. The Tahiti rail was found on the South Pacific island of Tahiti (part of the Society Islands archipelago) by naturalists who were part of the British explorer James Cook's second voyage around the world (1772–1775). The bird was illustrated by Georg Forster, who accompanied his father,
Hawaii–Tahiti relations the Lord that is our Savior liberate you. May you be blessed through the Sacrifice of salvation. Fond farewell, Kamehameha III. The French Admiral De Tromelin invaded Honolulu in 1849, caused $100,000 in damage and took the king's yacht, "Kamehameha III", which was sailed to Tahiti. Hawaii escaped French annexation because the balance of American, British and French interests in the islands made it impossible for any of the three nations to annex the islands. In 1849, Tahitian Princess Ninito Teraiapo, accompanied by her cousins, all nieces of Queen Pōmare IV, arrived in Honolulu from Tahiti as guests of the