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Ilemignatliiis fllisiauus. 

 Iletei'orhynclms lucidus. 

 Himatione virens. 

 — — wilsoni. 



chloi'is. 



stejnegei'i. 



Palmeria dolei. 

 Drepanis pacitica. 

 Drepaiiorhyuclius fimereiis. 

 Loxops coccinea. 



ocliracea. 



wolstenliolmei. 



caeruleirostris. 



Pseudonestor xautliophrys. 



Rliodacautliis palineri. 



flaviceps, 



Chloridops koiia. 

 Chsetoptila ang-ustipliima. 

 Moho nobilis. 



apicalis. 



bisliopi. 



braccatus. 



Pennula sandwicheiisis. 



millsi. 



Himantopus knudseni. 



Anas wyvilliaiia. 



Beruicla canadensis minima. 



We have in addition coloured representations of the nests 

 and eggs of Chasiempis (/ai/i mid Himatione virens^ and figures 

 of a large number of bills and of other peculiar structures. 

 Oreomyza perlinsi (from Hawaii) is described as a new 

 species^ and a new genus [Drepanorliamphus) is formed for 

 the Drepanis funerea of Newton. 



The total number of Hawaiian birds is now raised to 116, 

 besides which some 12 others have been introduced. One 

 of these, the Indian Mynah [Acridotheres tristis), is stated to 

 be "^ very numerous and A^ery harmful to the native birds." 



The resume of Henry Palmer's diary contains a quantity 

 of interesting notes. Between December 1890 and August 

 1893 he collected 1832 birds, and discovered 15 species new 

 to science. He appears to have procured specimens of all 

 the resident Land-birds known, except some 7 that are in 

 all probability extinct, and of most of the Sea-birds. 



In his remarks on the origin and distribution of the 

 Hawaiian Avifauna, Mr. Rothschild recognises three differ- 

 ently aged stocks of bird population — (1) an original stocky 

 of uncertain origin ; (2) a Polynesian branch ; and (3) an 

 American stock, Avhich is the most recent. The Avifauna of 

 the island of Hawaii itself is by far the richest. 



80. Rothschild and Py craft on Cassowaries. 



[A Monograph of the Genus Casuarius, By the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild, Ph.D., F.Z.S. With a Dissertation on the Morphology and 



