58 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



Gknus CH^TOP'TIlvA Sci.ater. 



Tail greenish brown ; feathers of the forehead, crown and back of the neck, with 

 whitish shaft stripe, blackish webs and tipped with olive — black predominating on the 

 crown — most olive on the neck ; lores and ear coverts blackish ; an indistinct grey 

 superciliary stripe; throat dusky white, washed with yellow; breast dingy white with 

 black stripes; abdomen and under tail coverts with fewer stripes and more olive than 

 the chest; flanks and upper tail coverts ochraceous black with white shafts and termi- 

 nal spots; primaries and secondaries brown edged with olive; under wing coverts 

 brown. Length about 13.50, wing 5.75, tail 6.65, culmen 1.25, depth of bill .31, width 

 .45, tarsus 1.60, toe 1.15, hallux with claw 1.02. Hah. Hawaii; rare or extinct. 



PI. XXX., Frontispiece. 114. C. angustiplu'ma (Peai.h). 



Familv SYI^VI'ID^.— Warblkrs, Etc. 

 Genus. 

 Bill slender, but rather wide and depressed ; wing long and flat, about equal to 

 the tail in length, with a very small bastard primary not extending beyond the wing 

 coverts; birds not migratory; no white on the tail ( Sub-family 5i'/rv>'//rt"); rectal 

 bristles fairl}- well developed; wing more than 2.70; second primary longer than the 

 fifth; upper parts brownish with greyish cast; a faint buffy white super-loral stripe; 

 outer tail feathers more than .25 shorter than the longest pair. 



(Page 58. ) Acroceph'alus. 



Genus ACROCEPH AI,US Naumann. 



FIG. 16. A. FAMIEIARIS. 



Upper parts brownish with a greyish cast, greyest on the neck ; under parts 

 buffy white including the edge of wing, and a super-loral stripe; wing and tail feathers 

 brownish; feet black ; bill horn-brown; nostrils rounded and exposed; sexes similar. 

 YoitJiq- (?). Length about 5.65, wing 2.30-2.40, tail 2.30-2.40, culmen .60, tarsus .75- 

 .90, toe .72, depth of bill .15. Hah. Laysan. 



PL XXVII., 8711s. 115. A. familia'ris Roths. Miller Bird. 



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