DREPANIDID.-E. 41 



hh. Ciilmen not very long nor remarkably 

 curved; both of the mandibles of pradlically the same length. 



m. With a more or less 



prominent crest; length more than 6.50 (Page 43.) Palme'ria. 



mm. Without crest ; adult 

 birds either crimson or yellowish olive; length less than 6.50. 



n. General color crim- 

 son, or with more or less red cast to the plumage; bill and feet black or blackish. 



(Page 43.) Himati'one. 

 nn. General color yel- 

 lowish olive or olive grev; upper mandible brown or bluish slate at the base. 



O. The bill but slight- 

 ly curved; culmen more than .75; wing more than 2.95; bill bluish slate. 



(Page 46. ) Viridon'ia. 

 00. The bill curved ; 

 culmen less than .75; wing less than 2.95; upper mandible brown. 



(Page 44.) Chlorodrep'anis. 

 SS- ^i^^ pradlically straight, or where questionable 

 less than .50; wing less than 3.40. 



p. Bill bluish horn 

 at the base (finch-like), sometimes slightly crossed at the tip; feet black or blackish. 



q. Lores not black; 

 neck above and below nearly iiniform in color; crown never gamboge yellow. 



(Page 48.) IvOx'ops. 

 qq. Lores black; 

 color of neck above and below different ; crown gamboge yellow in advilts. 



(Page 48.) Chrysomit'ridops." 

 pp. Bills of various 

 forms, but not bluish horn at the base; feet brown or pinkish in life. 



r. Breast, wings 



and tail black, with red on under parts; length 5.50 (Page 44.) Cir'idopS. 



rr. The breast, 

 wing and tail not black; no red in the plumage; length less than 5.50. 



S. Larger; the 

 wing more than 2.30; outer primary (first primary wanting) as short or shorter than 



the fifth from the outer ( Page 46. ) Oreomy'za. 



SS. .Smaller; 

 wing less than 2.30; outer primary ecpial to the fifth from the outer; bill slender, very 

 slightly decurved; never more than .55 (Page 46.) Rothschild'ia.^'' 



Genus DREP'ANIS Temmixck. 



With yellow on the rump and upper tail coverts; both mandibles pra(5lically the 

 same length and strongly curved; culmen more than equal to the tarsus in length; 



27 Included under the genus Loxop^: see page 4S. 



38 United with tlle genus Chlorodrepanis^ the single species thereby becoming Chloyodtcpanii patva (Stejn.J. 



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