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The appended table of dimensions corroborates the deduction pre- 

 viously made as to the relative proportions of the two species. Their 

 wings and toes are of the same length, but H. knudseni has longer bill 

 tarsus, and tail. 



Measurements. 



* Type. 



1 Numenius femoralis Peale. 



Bristle-thi^hed Curie w. 



Kioea. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., x, 1887, p. 83.) 



Four additional specimens from Niihau show that this bird, originally 

 added to the Hawaiian avifauna by Mr. Knudsen, was by no means an 

 accidental straggler to the islands. In his letter to me he remarks, how- 

 ever, that the "Kioea" is a rare bird there, though almost always to be 

 found in the localities affected by it. but he does not believe it to nest 

 in the islands. 



The bristly elongation of the shafts of thigh-feathers are well devel- 

 oped in all four specimens. 



I may add that all four specimens are molting their inner primaries. 



Measurements. 



~ 6 



4195.; 

 li:;]f,!i 

 113460 

 113461 

 113402 



Collector. 



Knudsen ... ad. 



• • do fad. 



---'I" j cfad. 



- - do | $ ad. 



- - do j 9 ad. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Kauai, Hawaiian Islands 

 Kuban. Hawaiian Islands 



.... do 



(io 



d(i 



240 

 226 

 240 

 227 

 234 



93 



86 56 



do .Mi 



si 57 



Ml 50 



SZ 



-.-; 



45 



u 



44 

 42 



! Dafila acuta (Lixx.). 

 j Pintail - Koloa mapu. 



This is another addition to the Hawaiian fauna. Like the following 

 species, it is only a winter visitor to the islands, going north in spring 

 to breed. 



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