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BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



body, both above and below, fine deep black; rnmp, npper tail coverts, under tail 



coverts, thighs, lesser wing coverts and margin of the wing fine rich yellow, "crocus 



3'ellow" (Wilson); primary- coverts white; tail feathers blackish, showing a little dull 



white for .50 along the shaft of the outer pair ; primaries black with the outer edge, for 



its distal third, white; secondaries black tipped with white. Sexes mid yoking: Length 



about 8.00, wing 4.00-4.15, tail 2.65-2.90, chord of culmen i. 62-1. 70, depth of bill .30, 



width .30, tarsus 1.15, toe .75. Hab. Hawaii. 



70. D. paci'fica (Gmel.). Mamo. 



Genus DREPANORHAM PHUS Rothschild. 



FIG. 2. n. FUNEREA. 



With the upper and lower parts fine deep black, with no 3'ellow on the rump; 



base of the upper mandible yellow or whitish; tail and inner edge of primaries deep 



black ; outer edge of primaries smoky black at base, passing to whitish and forming a 



white conspicuous patch. Female: Similar, but with a shorter bill. Length about 



8.00, wing 3.90-4.00, tail 2.55-2.80, chord of culmen 1.85-2. 15, depth .32, tarsus i.io- 



1.20, toe 1. 00. Hah. Molokai. 

 PI. XXVII., 6696. 71. D. fune'rea'' ( Newton). Perkins' Mamo. 



Gknu.s VESTIA'RIA Fle.mixg. 



FIG. 



coceiNE.v. 



Bill curved ; about the same length as head ; bill and feet vermilion in life, dry- 

 ing whitish ; general color uniform scarlet vermilion including scapulars and lesser wing 



3«I lake pleasure in adopting the new generic name for /'. fiiiieira (Newton) proposed by the Hon. Walter Rothschild in his "A\-ifauna 

 of Laysan. etc." (Part III., p. 163). While it is unfortunate that the single example of this genus could not have been left as a species of the 

 old and well known genus DrepanU. the facts are the form differs from it sufficiently to warrant the change. 



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