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gence^ that of the newly discovered form being considerably 

 shorter and much more swollen laterally than that of Psit- 

 tirostra. This, and the differences in the feet, may justify 

 the separation of the two forms into two genera ; but there 

 cannot be the slightest doubt that they are very nearly allied 

 together, and must be placed next to one another in the 

 system. 



M. Oustalet places Loxioides '' near the Finches and Para- 

 doxornis." But Paradoxornis has, I believe, no near relation- 

 ship to the Finches. And I adhere to my previously ex- 

 pressed sentiment*, that in all probability Psittirostra, and with 

 it Loxioides, are not really Fringilline genera, but merely ab- 

 normal forms of the same type as Drepanis and Hemignathus, 

 either belonging to or closely allied to the Dicseidsef. This 

 question, however, can only be satisfactorily determined by 

 an examination of the structure of the tongue and other soft 

 parts. 



M. Oustalet kindly informs me that the specimens of 

 Loxioides bailleni were obtained in the large island Hawaii or 

 Owhyhee. In the same collection were several examples of 

 Corvus hawaiensis, which I had never previously seen in 

 any museum, except in Philadelphia many years ago. 



In Dr. Streets's " Contributions to the Natural History of 

 the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California,^^ 

 lately published in part 7 of the ' Bulletin of the United- 

 States National Museum,^ we have another recent contribu- 

 tion to our knowledge of the fauna of the Sandwich Islands. 

 As regards the class of birds, however, the addition is but 

 small, two species only being mentioned as having been ob- 

 tained in this locality during the survey with which Dr. 

 Streets was connected. These are Fulica alai, and Gallinula 

 sandvicensis already described by Dr. Streets in a former 

 number of ' The Ibis ' (1877, p. 25). Both these birds were 

 procured in the island of Oahu. 



* Cf. Ibis, 1871, p. 360. 



t Mohoa seems to be a Meliphagine form ; but Drepanis, Hemiynathus, 

 and the other genera (except perhaps Chceto2)tila) in the list given. Ibis, 

 1871, p. 360, having only nine primaries, should probably be referred to 

 the Dicseidse, 



