46 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



ee. Above yellowish olive with faint indication of orange(?) 



— not noticeable on old faded specimens — which is strongest on the rnmp; primaries 



and tail qnills brownish edged \\\\.\\ olive; lores and a narrow line over the forehead 



blackish; lower parts yellowish olive. Foiialc: Duller than the male, with ashy cast 



to the upper parts; lower parts paler. Van no : Similar to female. Length 4.40-4.60, 



wing 2.45-2.60, tail i. 65-1. So, culmeii •50-.55, tarsus .85-.90, toe .65. Hah. Hawaii. 



82. C. virens^' (Gmei..). Hawaii Amakihi. 



aa. Wing less than 2.30; bill but slightly decurved; smallest of the Hawaiian 



birds; bill more slender than in tvpical Cliloi-odrcpaiiis ; upper parts more uniform 



yellow. Male: Above, head, mantle and outer edge of wing and tail quills 3'ellowish, 



brighter than an olive yellow; rump yellowest; below uniform yellow with but slight 



greenish tint. Fc7nalc: Similar in size but much greener both above and below, with 



the under parts much duller, fading into greyish olive on sides of the abdomen. 



Yoiiitg similar to female. Length 4.00-4.25, wing 2.20-2.30, tail i. 45-1. 55, culmen 



.50-. 53, tarsus .75-.80, toe .55. Hah. Kauai. 



83. C. parva^^ (Stejn.). 



Genus VIRIDON'IA Rothschild. 



Bill straight or but slightly curved, high and strong at the ba.se, more atten- 

 uated towards the tip, and sharp; fourth and fifth primaries about equal, second 

 shorter than the seventh; tail rather short; sexes similar; above olive green, showing 

 more yellow on the forehead, chin and upper tail coverts; under parts more yellowish 

 olive, greener than the upper parts and with a faint ochraceous cast; tail blackish 

 brown with yellowish olive margins ; under surface of wing dark ash with dusky white 

 quills. Wing 2.80-3.00, tail i. 70-1. 75, culmen .70, tarsus .83-.86, toe ■J2)~-75i depth 



of bill .23. Hah. Hawaii. 



84. V. sagittiros'tris Roths. 



Genus OREOMY'^A Stejneger. 



LTnder mandible straight, or at least not perceptibh- curved; plumage soft and 

 fluff}-; tarsus covered in front with four, five or six scales; nasal operculum slightly 

 overhung at the base b}- tin}- feathers; tip of the wing formed bv the third, fourth, 



43 Mr. Rothschild (Avifauna of Laysan, Part III., page 129) gives 0>romy=a perkinsi as a new species from Hawaii, describing it as fol- 

 lows : '■Adult male : Above light olive green (Ridg^vaj- Noni. Colors. PI. X.. No. i^<). brighter on the rump ; qnills black edged with oil green; 

 below olive yellow ; vent greenish white ; thighs dirty white ; under wing coverts white with a yellow tinge ; lores black : iris dark brown: 

 legs and feet greyish brown ; soles of feet yellowish-flesh color ; upper mandible dark brown with paler base ; lower mandible grey. Total 

 length about 5.5 inches ; wing 2.6, tail 1.7, tarsus 0.S5. culmen 0.63. One male, Puiilehua. Hawaii. September 2.s, 1891." In commenting on the 



specimen in the Tring Museum Mr. Rothschild states that the "remarkable specimen has a long but straight bill The coloration is 



that of Cfilorodirpanis virens and that it might be a hybrid between Orfo»jyza utana and Ckkn-i>drcpayiU i^iieiis:' The B. P. Bishop 



Museum series, embracing many recently collected specimens, show vhrtis with beaks approaching the straight form, though none that are 

 to be confounded with the Oirumyza type ; while fine old males of Ort'oynyza maiia are much more highly colored than has been usually sup- 

 posed. The only charatfter in Mr. Rothschild's description which seems to be of specific value, when compared with the Museum series, is 

 the length, which is given as almost an inch longer than the avera.ge of either yuaua or livfns. .Since the author fails to call attention to this 

 point it may possibly be a typographical error. Mr. Henshaw informs me he has taken nothing that conforms with the description, and as 

 Mr. Perkins has not met with the bird the status of the species is somewhat doubtful. 



-w At the suggestion of my friend Professor H. W. Henshaw we have made a careful study of the alcoholic material in the Museum, and 

 find the tongue of pai~t'a to be distindlly tubular in form ; a fact which alone would at once remove it from the genus Oreomyza, and which at 

 the same time indicates its affinity with the tube-tonged Chhnudicpanis group. My observations of the bird alive, while colIe(5ling on Kauai, 

 convince me that its habits are those of the Chlorudrepanis rather than of ihroniy"a . 



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