360 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the 



rostra psittacea, Emheriza sandvicensis, and E. atricapilla. The 

 two former of these are undoubtedly valid Hawaiian species, but 

 in my opinion have nothing to do with the Fringiilidse, being 

 merely aberrant forms of the same type as Drepanis and Hemi- 

 gnatkus. The two latter are both North- American species, and 

 have only been attributed to the " Sandwich Islands " from 

 this locality having been confounded by Latham with " Sand- 

 wich Sound " on the north-western coast of Arctic America. 

 An earlier generic term available for Hypoloxias (Bp, Consp. 

 i. p. 518, 1850) is Loxops (Cabanis, Wiegm. Arch, 1847, i. 

 p. 330) ; and the bird should therefore be called Loxops coccinea. 

 According to my views, therefore, there are not more than 

 15 well-established species of Hawaiian Passeres, referable to 3 

 families, namely : — 



I. MusciCAPiD^. 8. Drepanis pacifica. 



1. Chasiempis sandvicensis. 9. Himatione sayiguinea. 



2. PlKBornis obscura. 10- Hemignathus olivaceus. 



11, ohscurus. 



IT. Meliphagid^. i2_ ^^^-^^^^^ 



3. Mohoa nohilis. 



4. braccata. 



5. apicalis. 



6. Chcetoptila angustipluma. 



7. Drepanis coccinea. 



13. Loxops coccinea. 



14. Fsittirostra psittacea. 



III. CORVID^. 



15. Corvus hawaiensis. 



The whole of these genera are, so far as I know, restricted to 

 the Sandwich Islands, except Corvus. All the species are, I 

 believe, undoubtedly confined to the Hawaiian Archipelago. 



Several Parrots have been attributed to the Sandwich Islands. 

 Mr. Dole says " it is very doubtful " whether any really occur 

 there. I am quite of Mr. Dole's opinion on this subject. 



We now come to the Water-birds, or Grallse, Herodiones, 

 Ansercs, and other allied groups. Mr. Dole has compiled the 

 published records of the occurrences of these birds in the Sand- 

 wich Islands with much exactness and assiduity. Most of them 

 are widely spread Polynesian species, such as Ardea sacra, Acti- 

 tis incana, and Anas superciliosa, or such quasi-cosmopolitan 

 rangers as Charadrius pluvialis and Strepsilas interpres. 



