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green ; sides of body yellowish, with a tint of olive green ; under 

 tail coverts ranging from bright yellow to buffy ; wing coverts 

 uniform with the coloring of the mantle ; under w'mg coverts and 

 edge of inner webs of secondaries white ; primaries brown, with 

 the edge of outer webs olive green, except in the first primary, 

 which is a dark brown; tail feathers olive green above, grayish 

 below ; upper tail coverts a shade brighter olive green than the 

 mantle. The under color of the feathers all over the body is gray, 

 so the shade of coloring on the bird depends largely upon how 

 much of the outer tips of the feathers is worn off ; bill is dusky 

 above, light below ; eye a light hazel ; feet are grayish with a very 

 slight tint of greenish. Length 4.21-4.50, wing 2.12-2.30, tail 

 1. 50-1. 56, tarsus .78-. 81, culmen .44-. 48, mid-toe and claw .58-. 62, 

 the depth of the bill at nostrils is about .12, and the spread of wings 

 is about 6.50. The immature, No. 9576, just able to fly, with beak 

 still soft, and total length of body but three inches, has the coloring 

 uniform with the adult. The bill, however, is yellownsh, and the 

 feet and tarsi are a raw umber tint, the eyes are light hazel. The 

 coloring of the belly is even a shade brighter yellow than in the 

 adult. The nestlings, not yet able to fly, show the olive green 

 coloring on the back, and buffy on the under parts ; quills bluish ; 

 bill and feet yellowish. 



The nests are beautiful little strucftures, usually built in the 

 Ingadulus tree and well hidden among the leaves. Its size inter- 

 nally is 1.90X 1.65 and i in depth, while externally it is 2.95X2.19 

 and 1.75 in depth. It is constrvufted of fine fibres and grass, the 

 outside being covered with green moss, which renders it almOvSt 

 indistinguishable from below. The nest is usually placed far out 

 where several branches come together some distance from the 

 ground. The eggs (Fig. 6), of which there are usually two in 

 each nest, are white with a slight tint of blue, and shaped like the 

 eggs of a robin, measuring about .63X.50. Hab. Guam. 



Genus CLEPTORNIS Oustalet. 

 58. Cleptornis marchei Oust. Yellow Honey-eater. 



General color a deep golden yellow ; back, rump, wings and 

 tail olive yellow. Length of wing, as given by Hartert ( Nov. Zool., 

 v., p. 56), 76-80 mm.; bill ochraceous ; iris burnt umber ; feet and 

 legs orange ochraceous. Hab. Island of Saipan, Marianas. 



