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exploration of those islands, as Dr Finsch, who has lately visited the group, tells us that 

 the native flora and fauna are fast perishing under the pressure of introduced species. 1 



The collection made by the Naturalists of the Challenger Expedition contains examples 

 of the following species : — 



1. Chasicmpis sandvicensis, Gm. 



Sandwich flycatcher, Lath., Syn., vol ii. p. 343, und\ . 



MuBcicapa sandvicensis, Gin., S. N., vol. i. p. 945. 



Chasiempis sandvicensis, Cab., Wiegin, Arch., 1874, vol. i. p. 208; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, 



p. 346. 

 Cnipolegus, sp. 1238, Scl., Cat. A. B., p. 203; vide Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 555. 



[No. 528. ?.} Hil0j0 whyhee. 



No. 529. ? . J 



Flycatcher : eyes black. Stomachs contained insects.] 



2. Phceornis obscura, Gm. 



Dusky flycatcher, Lath,, Syn., vol. ii., p. 344, pt. 1, imde. 



Mwcicapa obscura, Gin., S. N., vol. i. p. 945. 



Tmnioptera obscura, Cassin, B. U. S. Expl. Exp., Atlas, pi. ix. fig. 3. 



Phmrnis obscura, Scl., Ibis, 1859, p. 327, et 1871, p. 360; Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 347. 



[No. 534. t . ~] 

 No. 535. ? . I 

 No. 536. „ ^ Hdo, Owhyhee. 



No. 537. „ J 



Eyes brown ; bill and feet black.] 



3. Mohoa nobilis, Merr. 



Gracxda nobilis, Merrem, Av. Descr. et Ic, p. 8, pi. ii. 



Mohoa nobilis, Cass., Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil., vol. vii. p. 440; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 374. 



Yellow-tufted bee-eater, Lath., Syn., vol. i. p. 683, wide. 



Merops niger, Gm., S. N., vol. i. p. 465. 



[No. 524. Male. Hilo. Eyes black. Stomach contained fruit and insects.] 



4. Psittirostra psittacea, Gm. 



Parrot-billed grosbeak, Lath., Syn., vgl. ii. p. 108, pi. lxii., unde. 



Loxia psittacea, Gm., S. N., vol. i. p. 844. . 



Psittirostra psittacea, Sw., Class B., vol. ii. p. 295 ; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 347. 



[No. 538. Male, | HiJ 

 No. 545. Male. J 



1 See his Ornithological Letter from the Pacific, Ibis, 1880, p. 75. 



