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Eyes red. Stomach contained fruit.] 



As I have already stated (Ibis, 1871, p. 360), this bird has, in my opinion, ho 

 relationship to the Fringillidse, but is merely an exaggerated form of the same type as 

 Hemignatlms and its allied genera. 



5. Drepanis coccinea, Merr. 



Mellisuga coccinea, Merrem, Av. Descr. et la, p. 1-1, pi. iv., 17S6. 



Drepanis coccinea, Cassia, Zool. U. S. Expl. Exp., p. 177 ; Sol, Proa Zool. Soa, p. 317. 



[No. 521. Female adult. \ 

 No. 522. Young female. Y Hilo. 

 No. 523. „ „ ) 



Eyes red ; bill and legs orange. Stomach contained insects and seeds.] 



6. Drepanis sanguinea, Gm. 



Oerthia sanguinea, Gm., S. N., vol i. p. 479. 



Drepanis sanguinea, Bp., Consp., vol. i. p. 404 ; Scl., Proa Zool. Soa, 1878, p. 347. 



[No. 530. Female. Hilo.] 



7. Drepanis flava, Bloxham. 



Drepanis flava, Blox., Voy. Blonde, p. 249 ; Dole, Proc. Boston Soa, N. H., vol. xii. p. 298 ; 

 Scl., Proa Zool. Soa, 1878, p. 348. 



Hilo, Owhyhee. 



[No. 525. Male. 

 No. 526. Male. 

 No. 527. Female. 

 No. 533. Female. 

 Eyes black. Stomachs had seeds and insects.] 

 The females are much less yellowish than the males, especially below. 



8. Munia nisoria, Temm.. 



Munia nisoria, Walden, Trans. Zool. Soa, vol. viii. p. 73; Scl., Proa Zool. Soa, 1878, 

 p. 348. 



[No. 543. Male. Sparrow, introduced ; native who shot it said he had never seen 

 one before.] 



An imperfect skin of this species (or of the nearly allied M. punctularia), no doubt 

 introduced. 



Professor Band a short time ago sent me a skin of a young or female of another 

 Eastern Finch from the Sandwich Islands (probably Munia malabarica) for determina- 

 tion ; also without doubt introduced. 



