DREPANIDID.^. 



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infusion on tlie belly and flanks. Ydiiiio duller and gre\'er. Length 5.50-5.75, wing 

 3.20-3.35, tail 1.85-2.00, culmen .85-1.03, tarsus .90-.96, toe .85. Hah. Hawaii. 



PI. XXIX., 6632, 6630. 102. H. wil'soni^' Roths. 



GknUS PS:EUD0NES'T0R RciTHSCHILD. 



KIG. 10. P. XANTHOrilRVS. 



l^pper parts with grey bases to the feathers, and greenish olive ends, giving the 

 back a somewhat greenish grej- cast, more inclined to olive on the rump; broad snper- 

 loral stripe light yellow ; lores dusky, extending backward through the e^■e ; breast 

 canary yellow; abdomen yellowish white; greyish olive on the flanks; under tail coverts 

 with a yellowish tinge ; tipper mandible blackish ; lower mandible whitish ; bill strongly 

 hooked; gonys much curved. Fciualc and voimg : Dttller above; yellow of throat not 

 so pronounced. Length 5.15-5.50, wing 2.70-2.90, tail i. 75-1. 90, culmen .65-.85, 

 depth of bill .55-. 65, tarsus .85-.87, toe .80. Hah. Maui. 



PI. XXIX., 6607. 103. P. xantho'phrys Rotus. 



Genus PSITTACIROS'TRA Temminck. 



FIG. II. P. PSITTACEA. 



Head and upper neck, all around, a rich light gamboge yellow, sharply defined 

 against the greenish grey of the mantle and olive grey of the chest; rump olive green; 

 tail and primaries dusky brown edged with olive green ; olive on the sides and flanks; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts whitish grey; bill and feet pink; upper mandible ex- 

 ceeding the lower usually by abcfut .15. Fciiialc: I'^pper parts, including head and 

 neck, uniform olive green; greyish on the neck; under parts greyish white, washed 

 with yellow; under tail coverts white. Yoioio: Similar to the female, but more uniform 

 gre}- above and below, except the abdomen, which is whitish; bill dark. Length 6.30- 



49The above charatflers are sufficient to separate icihoiii from its fellows, sxib-gcnericall_\- at least, if not entitling it to generic rank. 



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