4. HIJTATIOXE. g 



the inner web. Total length 4-4 inches, ciilmen 0-(j win- o.q 

 tail 1-S5, tarsus 0-95. ' ^ " ^' 



Adult fimale. General colour above dull ochraceous brown 

 shghtlv mottled with dusky margins to the feathers, especially on 

 the lower back, rump, and upper tail-corerts : sides of mantle dark 

 crimson ; scapulars hke the back, and barred with dusky cross lines 

 m the same manner; wing-coverts black, esternally orano-e-buff- 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, the secondaries ex- 

 ternally orange-buff; head dusky, streaked ^^-ith blackish brown 

 the forehead tinged with ochraceous, the head being slio-htly washed 

 with a dull rosy shade : lores ochraceous buff : sides of face diu<^y 

 ochreous brown, washed with rose-colour, as also the throat • re' 

 mainder of under surface of body dingy ochreous brown ashy 

 whitish on the lo\yer abdomen and under tail-coverts; axillaries 

 and under wmg-coverts ashy. Total length 4-6 inches, wing 2-8 

 tail 1-9, tarsus 0-9. '' ' 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. 



c. (S ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. 



d. c5 ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. Lord Byron [P.]. (Type of 

 n J 1 -.^ species.) 



e. 2 ad. sk. Hdo, Owhyhee. Voy. of H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



2. Himatione virens. 



OHve-gi-een Creeper, ZafJi. Gen. Si/n. i. pt. 2, p. 740 ('178-'>) 

 Certhia virens, Gm. S>/sf. A^af. i. p. 479 (17^8, e.v Lath ) " 

 i. HcSorotaire vert olive, Audeb. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. pis 67 68 nR(m 

 Mehtreptus sirens, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p 607 (1800) ^■ 

 Jvectannia flava, Bloxam in Byron s Voy. 'Blonde; p. 049 rj^.^a. 

 Drepams flava, J. B. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 12 (1831)- Bol k 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, xii! p. 298 {ISm) f Setter P 7% fL"'^ 

 p. 348; id. Report Birds ' Challenc,er ' E.J^ed.TQo' (1881) ""' 

 Himatione chloris, Cab. Mus. Hein.'Th. i. p. 99. note (1850) 

 Himatione maculata, Cab. t. c. p. 100, note (1850) 

 Himatione flava, Reichenb. Handb. Scans, p 255 (1855) 

 DrepanLS (Himatione) sanguinea $, Gray, Cat. Birds Trap Jsl 

 Facijic Ocean, p. 8 (1859j. J^iop. xsi. 



Adult «ia?. General colour above olive-yellow, brighter towards 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts Hke the Tack 

 bastard-wing pnniary-coverts, and quiUs dusky brown, externalh' 

 olive-yellow like the back, broader on the secondaries ; ail-fea"hers 

 dusky brown, edged with olive-yellow ; crown of head like the baS 

 brighter yeUow on the forehead and over the eye ; lores Saeki' 

 sides of face and ear-coverts brighter olive-yeUow, dusky olive alon<^ 

 the upper margin of the latter ; under surface of body clear yetw° 

 more olive-greenish on the sides of the body and flanks ; a biackiS 

 spot at the extreme base of the chin, extending a little w;y alon Ahe 

 malar hne ; thighs ashy ext^ernaUy, olive on the inner side; under 

 tail-coyerts whitish, washed .vith yellow ; under wing-coverts and 

 axUlaries white washed with yeUow, especially along the edge of 

 the wmg; tail dusky brown below, whitish along the ed-e of the 



