36 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



Family MUSCICAPID^.— Fi.v-catchers. 

 Genus. 

 Bill broad, soft, rather flat, slightly hooked at the tip, and furnished with numer- 

 ous recftal bristles which reach beyond the middle of culmen; culmeu keeled; wing 

 falling short of the end of the tail by about the length of the tarsus ; wing longer than 

 the tail ; bill at base not as broad as the length of the hind toe without the claw ; the 

 second primary a half inch shorter than the third. Peciiliar to the Hawaiian Islands. 



(Page 36.) Chasiem'pis. 



Genis CHASIEM'PIS Cabaxis. 



C. SAXDVICENSIS. 



a. Voinio- of all s/>{rirs.- Wing coyerts spotted with tawny ochraceous; throat 

 ochraceous; base of lower mandible lighter without black or white on the throat. 



b. Browner aboye, ochraceous of throat and tail coverts deeper; head not 

 so ochraceous. ( See description of adult C. sand-^'urz/s/s. ) 



bb. Lighter, more ochraceous aboye, throat and upper tail coyerts rusty 

 ochraceous. (See description of adult C. ^g'iw/ and C. sc/a/c/-/.) 



aa. Adult of all species: Wing coyerts spotted with white; black or white or 

 both on the throat ; lower mandible dark ; tail coverts white. 



C. Above bluish grey. Adult: Above uniform dark smoky grey; up- 

 per tail coyerts pure white; wing coverts blackish, with greater and lesser coverts 

 tipped with white forming two fairh* distinct bars across the wing; quills blackish 

 with grav'ish fulyous edges tipped with white; lores and superciliarv" stripe whitish or 

 buff}- white ; centre of throat white surrounded by buffy and buffy grey feathers, form- 

 ing a more or less distinct perioral girdle; sides of the body greyish white with wash of 

 rusty ; abdomen and imder tail coyerts white ; white on outer web of tail feathers narrow 

 and extending along the edge for the greater part of its length ; white tip about .35 broad. 

 Yoituo-: Deep tawny buff or ochraceous about the rump, head and neck; under tail 

 coverts tawny; wing bands rusty. Length 5.25-5.50, wing 2.55-2.95, tail 2.35-2.60, 

 culmen .45-.50, depth of bill .16, width .22, tarsus .So-. 89, toe .65. Hab. Kauai. 



PI. XX\'II., 6657, 9410. 63. C. scla'teri Rimiw. Apekepeke. 



CC. Above brownish. 



d. White tips to the outer tail feathers, usually longer than .50; 



white tip and outer edging of the secondaries neither wide nor prolonged. Adult: 



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