52 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



neoled bv a narrow black band across the forehead ; throat and chest rich gamboge 

 yellow; abdomen whitisli with a yellowish cast; flanks olive grey ; edge of wing yel- 

 lowish. Female: Above, olive green, a yellowish snper-loral stripe; lores dusky grey; 

 chin and throat yellow; centre of lower parts pale yellow; sides olive grey. Youiiff: 

 Similar to female. Length 5.00-5.25, wing 2.95-3.00, tail i. 80-1. 95, chord of culmen 

 .95-1.05, tarsus .85-90, toe .75-80. Hab. Maui. 



PI. XXIX., 6620. 99. H. affi'nis Roths. 



CC. Gamboge yellow of the forehead more or less indefinable from the 

 fine olive yellow of the back into which it gradually merges, olive j-ellow purest on the 

 rump; primaries and tail feathers brown edged with the olive of the back; lores and a 

 narrow line above the bill a deep black ; throat, breast and sides of the head a bright 

 gamboge yellow, brighter than the forehead; breast with a slight olive tinge; abdomen 

 and under tail coverts white. Female: Above, grej^ with an olive cast, most pro- 

 nounced on the head and rump. Below, dusky white, greyest on the sides of the body 

 and throat. Young: Similar to females, the males showing yellow on the throat at an 

 early age. Length about 5.50, wing 2.S5-3.20, tail 1.85-2.05, culmen .95-1.10, tarsus 

 .90, toe .80. Hab. Kauai. 



PI. XXIX., 6633, 6636. 100. H. hanape'pe (Wilsox). Nukupu'u. 



bb. Head green; a very distinct superciliary stripe. Male specniieii iii 



Paris Museum : Above, olive green, darker and more olive on the back; lighter, more 



green on the head, wing and tail coverts ; lores and line behind the eye brownish black. 



Across the forehead and above the eyes conspicuous orange 3'ellow superciliar}- stripe; 



Quills deep brown, outer web edged with greenish yellow; chin, throat and upper breast 



bright orange 3'ellow; abdomen \'ellow and fading into pale greenish gre}' on the vent 



and under tail coverts. Adult female or immature male in the Frankfort Museum: 



Above, dull brownish olive tinged with greenish on the top of the head, rump and 



upper tail coverts and on the edge of the quills and tail feathers. Lores dusky ; a 



somewhat ill-defined but distinct superciliary stripe; sides of the head and throat 



yellowish. An immature male in the Leiden Museum is somewhat similar to the 



Frankfort specimen. Length 5.50, culmen i.io, wing 2.95, tarsus .76, tail 2.9(?). 



(Condensed from Rothschild's descriptions in x\vifauna of La^-san, etc. ) Hab. 



Oahu; extinct. 



loi. H. lu'cidus (Light.). 



aa. Gonys of under mandible straight and strong at the base; above, olive 

 green, brightest on the rump, and yellowest on the head; lores black; below rich gam- 

 boge yellow on the chin, gradually fading into olive yellow on the sides of the abdomen 

 and under tail coverts; under wing coverts with A-ellowish shade of white ; quills and pri- 

 maries brown edged with olive. Female: Above, greenish olive grey, with olive bright- 

 est on the rump; throat and breast pale yellow shading into greyish white, with olive 



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