36 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



Family MUSCICAP'ID^.— Flv-catchers. 

 Goiiis. 

 Bill broad, soft, rather flat, slightly hooked at the tip, and furnished with numer- 

 ous re(5lal bristles which reach be3'ond the middle of culnien ; culmen keeled ; wing 

 falling short of the end of the tail by about the length of the tarsus ; wing longer than 

 the tail; bill at base not as broad as the length of the hind toe without the claw; the 

 second primary' a half inch shorter than the third. Peculiar to the Hawaiian Islands. 



( Page 36. ) Chasiem'pis. 



Genus CHASIEM'PIS Cabanis. 



FIG. I. C. S.\NDVICENSIS. 



a. Yoting of all Species: Wing coverts spotted with tawny ochraceous; throat 

 ochraceous ; base of lower mandible lighter without black or white on the throat. 



b. Browner above, ochraceous of throat and tail coverts deeper; head not 

 so ochraceous. ( See description of adult C. sandviccnsis. ) 



bb. Lighter, more ochraceous above, throat and upper tail coverts rusty 

 ochraceous. ( See description of adult C. gayi and C. sclatcri. ) 



aa. Adult of all species: Wing coverts spotted with white; black or white or 

 both on the throat ; lower mandible dark ; tail coverts white. 



C. Above bluish grey. Adult: Above uniform dark smoky grej-; up- 

 per tail coverts pure white; wing coverts blackish, with greater and lesser coverts 

 tipped with white forming two fairly distinct bars across the wing; cjuills blackish 

 with grayish fulvous edges tipped with white ; lores and superciliary stripe whitish or 

 buffy white; centre of throat white surrounded by buffy and buffy grey feathers, form- 

 ing a more or less distinct perioral girdle; sides of the body greyish white with wash of 

 riisty ; abdomen and under tail coverts white ; white on outer web of tail feathers narrow 

 and extending along the edge for the greater part of its length ; white tip about .35 broad. 

 Young: Deep tawny buff or ochraceous about the rump, head and neck; under tail 

 coverts tawny; wing bands rust}-. Length 5.25-5.50, wing 2.55-2.95, tail 2.35-2.60, 

 ciilmen .45-.50, depth of bill .16, width .22, tarsus .80-.89, toe .65. Hah. Kauai. 

 PI. XXVII., 6657, 9410. 63. C. scla'teri Ridgw. Apekepeke. 



CC. Above brownish. 



d. White tips to the outer tail feathers, usually longer than .50; 



white tip and outer edging of the secondaries neither wide nor prolonged. Adult: 



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