Dole] 298 [February 17, 



of the secondaries are yellow, and the " pedes obscuri " otherwise as 

 above. 



11. Drepanis flava Bloxham, Voyage of the Blonde, p. 249. 

 Ainahihi of the natives. 



Length 4.5 in; bill dark brown, slightly curved, sharp pointed, .5 

 in. long ; upper mandible rather longer than the lower ; nostril at the 

 base covered with a hard membrane ; tongue tubular, divided at the 

 extremity into minute threads or filaments; neck, breast and belly, 

 yellow; upper part a yellowish olive green ; 3 of a deeper color than 

 ? ; legs brown; toes three forwards and one backwards, the middle 

 connected with the outer one as far as the first joint. (Bloxham.) . 



12. Hemignathus lucidus Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mam. 

 and Ornith., p. 180. Nectarina lucida Lichtenstein, Mem. Acad. 

 Berlin, 1839, p. 451, pi. V, figs. 2, 3. Voyage Venus, Oiseaux, pi. i. 

 Vestlaria heterorhynclms Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1842, p. 209. Drepanis 

 lucida G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, *!, p. 96. Hab. Oahu. 



13. Hemignathus obseurus Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mam. 

 and Ornith., p. 178. Certhia ohscura Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, p. 470. 

 Aud. et Vieill., Oiseaux dor., II, pi. Liii. Latham, Gen. Syn., I, 

 pi. XXXIII, fig. 1. Drepanis Ellisiana Gray, Cat. Birds of Trop. 

 Islands of the Pacific, 1857, p. 9. Iioi of natives. 



Bill long, gradually curved, pointed; wing 3 in. long, third feather 

 longest ; tail 1.7 in. even. Front and line over the eyes, pale greenish 

 yellow; spot in front of the eye black. Entire upper parts olive 

 green tinged with yellow ; under parts greenish yellow ; lighter under 

 throat and under tail coverts. Length of skin about 6 in. Hab. 

 Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai. 



14. Hemignathus olivaeeus Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., 

 Mam. and Ornith., p. 179. Heterorhynchus olivaeeus Lafresnaye, 

 Mag. de Zool., 1839, p. 17, pi. x. Certhia olivacea Gmelin, Syst- 

 Nat., I, p. 473. 



H. olivaeeus, subtus fuscus, orbitis albicantibus ; rostro nigro; 

 rectricibus extimis apice albis, ceteris cum remigibus fuscis, tinctu 

 olivaceo; pedibus pallide fuscis. (Gmelin.) 



15. Myzomela nigriventris Peale, Zool. U. S. Expl. Exped., 

 Birds, p. 150. Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exped., Mam. and Ornith., p. 175. 

 Atlas, plate xii, fig. 1. Adult. Hartl., Weigm. Arch. f. Naturgeschichte, 

 1852, p. 109. M. melanogastra Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus, 1854, 

 p. 2G3. Finsch und Hartlaub, Ornith. Central-Polynesiens, p. 56, 

 plate VII, fig. 3, adult, fig. 4, young. 



Corpore supra, capite et collo totis pectoreque fulgide coccineis; 



