1. nEiriG^^ATHUS, « 



b\ Bill more slender; cuttintr-edw" 



ofmandible nearly straight" . .°. 7. Loxops, p. 49. 

 d^. Wmg very long, exceeding the length 

 of the tail and tarsus combined. 

 C. Nasal membrane exposed. 



t- j?.W ^^""^^ ^?^ festooned 8. Psittieostea, 



. JjiU pointed and not festooned, v^ 51 



the cidmen flattened in front of ' 



the nostrils o PTT«-.T>r,T^^..„ 



c^ mi stont and Tit-like; ihe 'cull -^^'^-^^^^^^J 

 men rounded for its entire Fb 5s' 



l^gth . 10. Oeeochaeis, ■ 



a . rvasal membrane concealed by 



plumes ; upper and lower man- mo ^P- ^4. 



dibles nearly equal \^^- "aedalotuSj 



0. With a distinct bastard primary. ' ■^-- P-^iiOPTiLA, 



C. Tail short, not exceeding the tip of the [P- 63. 



wing by as much as the length of the 

 tarsus. 

 c". No wattles at gape, 

 e'". Bill very stout and Finch-like, occa- 

 sionally with tomial serrations, broader 



than high at nostrils ... 13. Peioxochilus; 



/ . BiU Tery slender, higher than broad at Tii fi^ 



nostrils 1 ) -p^^ LP- 0-3. 



a . U ith three tmy white lobes at base of bill Tr, -r 



m life -I- T LP- ' "• 



d. I ail long, exceeding the tip of the wing by > V '°- 



more than the length of the tarsus. 

 e". Second primary subterminallT notched. 

 9'". Bill broader than high at iiosti-ils ; cul- 



. ,„ "^^^^ f ?« f^'\ ;••:•• 16. Ueocharis, p. 78. 



n . Bill as broad as it is high at nostrils; Tp. 79 



^n O J ■ c- . — ""-"^ -I'- -UELANOCHAEIS. 



/ ._ becond primary pointed, not notched. r^ go 



^ . Tail shorter than wmg 19. Ehamphochaeis, 



[p. 83. 



1. HEMIGNATHITS. 



Hemignathus, Lickt. Abhandl. K. Akad. Berlin, 1838 ^*^^'^" 

 p. 451 'hi -"d - 



Heterorhynchns, Lafr. Mag. de Zooi.yd'is'.' 1839, 'text ' ^" "*' 



to pi. 10 rj 1- 



^ ti. onyaceus. 



Bill of Hemignathus lucidics. 

 Range. Sandwich Islands. 



b2 



