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1. Loxops coccinea. 



Scarlet Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 270 (1783). 



Fringilla coccinea, Gm. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 921 (1788) ; Gray, Gen. B. 



ii. p. 371(184o). 

 Fringilla rufa, Bloxam, in Byron'' s Voy. 'Blonrh,' App. p. 250 (1826). 

 Linavia ? coccinea, Gould, in Voy. ' Sidphur,^ Birds, p. 41, pi. 22 



(1844). 

 Carduelis coccinea, Less. C'ompl. Buff. yiii. p. 280 (1830- 

 Loxops coccinea, Cab. Arch. f. Natury. 1847, p. 330 ; Gray, Cat. B. 



Trap. Isl. Pacific Ocean,' ^. 28 (]8o9) ; id. Sand-l. B. i. p. 114, 



no. 1413 (ISCO); Sclater, Ibis, 1871, p. 3.59. 

 Drepanis rufa. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 96 (1847). 

 IlTpoloxias coccinea, Bp. Consj). i. p. 518 (1850) ; Dok, Proc. Bost. 



'8oc. N. H. 1879, p. 301. 

 Ilimatione rufa, Beichenb. Handb. Scans, p. 255 (1853). 



Adult. General colour above dull orange-rufous, rather browner 

 on the back, and clearer on the head, lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts; wing- coverts and quills dusky brown, externally dull 

 orange, a little brighter on the primaries ; tail-feathers brown, ex- 

 ternally edged with dull orange ; lores dusky ; sides of face, cheeks, 

 car-coverts, and under surface of body dull orange-rufous, more 

 brilliant orange on the breast and abdomen ; under tail-coverts 

 orange, with fulvous centres ; under wing-covcrts and axillaries 

 ashy whitish washed with orange ; quills dusky brown below, ashy 

 along the edge of the inner web. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 

 0-4, wing 2-25, tail 1-6.5, tarsus 0-85. 



Bah. Sandwich Islands. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. Capt. Lord Byron [P.]. 



(Types of Frinyilla rufa.) 

 c. Ad. sk. Sandwich Islands. John Goidd, Esq. 



2. Loxops rosea. 



Drepanis rosea, DoJe, Raicaian Almanac, 1879, p. 44. 



Similar to D. coccinea in appearance, habits, and food ; G inches 

 long. Wings and tail dark brown ; last secondaries white ; upper 

 and lower tail-coverts greenish yellow ; general plumage bright 

 scarlet, interspersed with masses of greenish-yellow feathers, mottled 

 with black. Bill 1 inch, curved, white. {Dole.) 



Hah. Sandwich Islands. 



3. Loxops aurea. 



Drepanis aurea, Dole, Uaicaian Almanac, 1879, p. 45. 

 Hypoloxias aiu-ea, Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 80. 



Uniform orange ; quills blackish brown, margined externally with 

 the same colour, but more sordid ; covers of primaries and secon- 

 daries ou the outer webs broadly margined with dull orange ; bill 

 hornish blue, tip blackish ; iris dark brown. Stomach containing 



