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its upper mandible much longer than the lower. Of this there 

 are likewise three known species — H. olivaceus, H. obscurus, and 

 //. lucidus. As regards Myzomela nigriventris, which Mr. Dole 

 places next, there can be little doubt that there has been some 

 error in the introduction of this Feejeean and Samoan species 

 into the Hawaiian Ornis. 



Under the head Muscicapidse, Mr. Dole mentions Miiscfc^pa 

 niaculata, Gm., as "an uncertain species," under which category 

 I am content to leave it. 



As " Turdidae/' belonging to this Avifauna, Mr. Dole gives 

 Tatare otaitiensis and Turdus sandviccnsis. The first of these 

 birds is a well-known type of the Central-Polynesian fauna, but, 

 as I believe, quite foreign to that of the Sandwich Islands. The 

 second belongs to the category of doubtful species, nothing being 

 known of it since the days of Latham ■^. 



" Ampelidse," as I consider them, are certainly not to be met 

 with in the Sandwich Islands. Yet Mr. Dole gives two species of 

 this family as occurring there {T(enioj)tera obscura and Eojjsaltria 

 sandvicensis), both being referred to genera utterly foreign to 

 the fauna of this group. For the former of these, which is 

 figured in Cassia's edition of Peale's work (pi. 9. fig. 3) I have 

 already proposed the generic name Phceornis f. The latter. Dr. 

 Cabanis has long ago shown to form a well-marked type of the 

 Muscicapidse, for which he proposed the name Chasiempis f . 

 It is possible these two birds may belong to the same genus, in 

 which case Chasiempis will be the first generic name for them; 

 or they may even be specifically identical. 



Of Corvidse there appears to be undoubtedly one Hawaiian 

 species — Coi'vus hawaiensis of Peale. Whether this is the same 

 as Gmelin's Corvus tropicus is very doubtful 4. 



Of Finches (Fringillidaj) Mr. Dole mentions four species as 

 occurring in the Sandwich Islands — Hypoloxias coccinea, Psitti- 



* It is the '' Samlwich Thrush " of Latham, from Sir Joseph Banks's 

 collection. 



t Ibis, 1859, p. 327. 



X Not Chastempsis, as wi'itten by Ilartlaxib, Gray, and Dole, but 

 Chasiempis (e'/iTrt's musca), as originally proposed by Cabanis in Wiegm. 

 Arch. 1847, i. p. 207. 



§ Cf. Cassiu, Orn. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 120. 



