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sions below, the bills of the Kauai birds are longer than those of H. san- 

 guinea {of. table ou p. 96), while Cabanis says that the latter has a louger 

 bill than his H. chloris. This statement has made me somewhat doubt- 

 ful in regard to my birds being identical with this species, but then, 

 on the other hand, the measurements given by v. Pelzeln do not agree 

 with the statement of Dr. Cabanis, which perhaps may be due to au in- 

 advertency. As far as coloration is concerned my birds seem to agree 

 fairly with Cabanis's description. They may be said to be similar to 

 H. parva, though somewhat duller and more olive, and the under tail- 

 coverts are whitish and not yellow. It should be remarked that the 

 types of H. chloris came from Oahu, and that au actual comparison of 

 birds from this island with Kauai specimens are necessary in order to 

 establish the identity beyond doubt. 



As to these birds being members of the genus Himatione I have con- 

 iderable do ubt. ]S"o t only is the bill quite different, but the three speci- 

 mens before me have the tails proportionally much shorter than in H. 

 sanguinea and j^arya. 



Mr. Knudseu states that both sexes are represented in the collection. 

 ISTo. 110055 is considerablv duller and paler than the two other speci- 

 mens, and is probably a female. All are adults, without trace of whit- 

 ish tips to the wing-coverts. 



In his letter Mr. Knudseu furthermore informs us that the Anoanii 

 feeds on bugs as well as on flower-honey. 



Measurements. 



Vestiaria coccinea (Merr.). 



Olokele. 



1786. — Mellisuga coccinea Merrem, Av. R.ar. Descr. et Icon. (p. 14, pi. ivY. — Vestiaria c. 

 EEiCHENiiACH, Haiidb. Spec. Ornith., II Abth., p. 254, p]. dlsii, figs. 3830- 

 32 (1852).— Drf^rtHis c. Cabanis, Mus. Hein., I, p. 99 (1850).— Cassin U. S. 

 Espl. Exp. Mam. Orn., p. 177 (18.58).— Dole, Proc. Boston See. N. H. XII, 

 1869, p. 297, Extr. p. 4. — Id., Hawaiian Almanac, 1879, -p. 44. — Pelzeln, 

 Journ. f. Orn., 1872, p. 26.— Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 79. 



1790. — Ccrthia vestiaria Latham, lud. Orn., I, p. 282. 



1879. — Drepanis rosea Dole, Hawaiian Almanac, 1879, p. 44. — Id., Ibis, 1880, p. 241. — 

 Loxops rosea Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., X, p. 50 (1885). 



A careful comparison of Knudsen's four specimens with three birds 

 in the museum, probably not from Kauai, shows no tangible difference 

 in color or dimensions. 



* I find also cited " Certhia coccinea Forster, Gott. Magaz., I, for IV] 1780, p. 346," 

 but I am without means of verifying the quofeation. 



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