440 [December, 



7. Turacus giganteus, (Vieill.) 

 Musophaga gigantea, Vieillot. 



This bird is also in Dr. MacDowell's collection from St. Paul's river. 



8. Mohoa nobilis (Merrem.) Temm. PI. col. 471. 



Gracula nobilis. Merr. Beyt. zur Besond. Gesch. Vogel p. 8, pi. 2 (1784 



name on plate.) 

 Merops niger. Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 465 (1788.) 

 Merops fasciculatus. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 275 (1790.) 

 Hab. Sandwich Islands. Spec, in Mus. Acad. Philada. and Nat. Mus. "Wash- 

 ington. 



The specimens in the collection of the Academy were brought by Dr. Town- 

 send from the Sandwish Islands, and in the collection of the Expedition in the 

 Vincennes and Peacock are numerous specimens which appear to represent both 

 sexes. The female much resembles the male, but is smaller and with the co- 

 lors duller, with tinges of brown on the throat and occasionally on the upper 

 parts of the body. Both sexes have the tail long. 



At present, I regard the bird figured by Reichenbach in " Die Volstandigste 

 Naturgeschichte " Birds, pi. 604, fig. 4099, and described in " Handbuch der 

 speciellen Ornithologie," Scansorias p. 333, as a distinct species, though given 

 by that distinguished naturalist as the female of " Mohoa fasciculatus " (fig. 

 4098). It is as follows : 



9. Mohoa braccata, nobis. 



Smaller than the preceding, bill less curved, tail moderate, central feathers 

 longest. 



Tibiae yellow. Head above black, throat and breast with every feather having 

 a small terminal spot of ashy white, back, frump, and under parts dark chocolate 

 brown, with a few longitudinal lines of white on the back. Wings and tail 

 brownish black, the former edged with white at the shoulder. Bill and feet dark. 



Dimensions. Total length 8J inches, wing 3, tail 3J inches. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. Spec, in Mus. Acad. Philada. 



The only specimen that I have ever seen of this species was brought by Dr. 

 Townsend from the Sandwich Islands and is marked as a male. It has heretofore 

 in the collection of the Academy been mistaken for Certhia pacifica Gmelin, 

 but is clearly not that bird and but little resembles it as far as can be de- 

 termined from the plate in Audebert, or from the descriptions by Gmelin and 

 Latham. In addition to these two there is a third species of this genus. 



10. Mohoa angustipluma, (Peale.) 



Entomiza angustipluma. Peale Zool. Exp. Vincennes, Birds p. 147 (1848.) 



Plumage of the head, neck and breast, with the webs of the feathers com- 

 posed of few filaments and presenting an open or skeleton like texture, many 

 feathers of the throat terminated with bristles. Bill curved, wings rather long, 

 tail long wedge shaped, legs and feet strong. Larger than either of the two pre- 

 ceding. 



Head and neck above dark brown, every feather having a longitudinal central 

 stripe of dull white, tinged with greenish yellow on the latter. Other upper 

 parts including wings and tail, brown, on the back with longitudinal stripes of 

 white, quills and tail feathers edged with olive green on their outer webs, rump 

 tinged with olive. Wide stripe from the base of the bill under the eye, ending 

 in a large spot on the cheek, black. 



Throat dull white tinged- with yellow, breast and aVdomen dull white, every 

 feather margined with dull brown, flanks and under tail coverts dark rufous, 

 bill and legs dark. 



Dimensions. Total length 13^ inches, wing 6, tail 6 J inches. 



Hab. Hawaii. Spec, in Nat. Mus. Washington. 



One of the most remarkable of the ornithological acquisitions of the Expedi- 

 tion in the Vincennes and Peacock, and clearly of this genus. The feathers of 

 the head and breast in this bird present a singular character on account of the 

 filaments composing the webs being unusually few, and at such a distance from 

 ei ch other as not to touch, nor become adherent. The specimen described may 



