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Above brown tinged with rufous; upper tail coverts white; forehead, lores and super- 

 ciliary stripe white; wing coverts black with white spots; primary coverts blackish; 

 primaries brown with rusty or buffy white edges ; feathers of the throat black tipped 

 with white, which is conspicuous in older birds; chest and sides of the body reddish 

 brown, sometimes with white tips; abdomen and under tail coverts pure white; outer 

 edge of outer pair of tail feathers whitish for most of their length ; inner web white for 

 at least .40. hitermediate plumage : Forehead, lores and superciliary stripe rustj' 

 white; upper parts similar to adult, usually more rusty; upper tail coverts white with 

 ochraceous tinge; wings as above; throat white, followed by a sooty black patch, and 

 this in turn bv rufous brown as in adult ; rest of lower parts similar to adult. Young: 

 Tawnv ochraceous brown above; head tawn^- with darker centres to the feathers; upper 

 tail coverts ochraceous; primaries and tail feathers showing ochraceous; wing coverts 

 brown tipped with ochraceous; under parts rusty, buff and grey passing to whitish 

 grey on the abdomen. Length 5.50-5.75, wing 2.70-2.75, tail 2.40-2.65, culmen .47-.53, 

 depth of bill .20, width .18, tarsus .90, toe .63. Hab. Hawaii. 



PI. XX\'II,, 992:,, 9924. 64. C. sandvicen'sis''M G.MEL.). Hawaii Elepaio. 



dd. White tips to outer pair of tail feathers usually less than .50; 

 white tips and edgings to the secondaries quite pronounced ; above brownish ( feathers 

 with bluish bases) washed with tawny ochraceous, especially about the head; tail 

 coverts white; wing coverts brownish black forming a well defined bar; lesser coverts 

 tipped less regularly with white ; primaries brown with buff edges ; forehead rusty 

 ochraceous; lores and about the eyes white; chin white; throat black with more or less 

 white tips (not so conspicuous as in sandi'iaiisis); breast with some reddish brown; ab- 

 domen white. Intcniicdiatc plumage : Similar to young, but showing brownish black 

 in the throat, and more or less white in the wing and tip of the tail. Young: Above, 

 tawny ochraceous brown, most ochraceous on the sides and back of the neck; upper 

 tail coverts tawnv ochraceous; forehead, lores, chin, throat and cliest tawny ochraceous; 

 abdomen white; under tail coverts tawny; wing coverts and primaries brown with 

 ochraceous edges, larger wing coverts sometimes showing white tips forming a less 

 conspicuous bar than in adults. Length 5.50-6.00, wing 2.55-2.65, tail 2.50-2.55, 

 culmen .40-.45, tarsus .95-1.00, toe .60. Hab. Oahu. 



PI. XXVII., 9252, 9258, 9255, 9259, 9260, 9407. 65. C. gayi Wil.son. Oahu Blepaio. 



F.\MiLv STUR'NID^.— St.\rlings, Min.\s, Etc. 



Goius. 

 Hind claw stronger than the claw of the middle toe; in prepared skins the feet 

 reach almost to the end of the tail; bill somewhat curved; culmen less than the tarsus 

 in length ( Page 38. ) Acridothe'res. 



i" with the material at haiiil it is iniposaihii.- tti separate thi; two torins which are supposeil to occur on the island of Hawaii, 



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