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Above brown tinged with rufous; upper tail coverts white; forehead, lores and super- 

 ciliary stripe white ; wing coverts black with white spots ; primary coverts blackish; 

 primaries brown with rusty or buffy white edges ; feathers of the throat black tipped 

 with white, which is conspicuous in older birds ; chest and sides of the body reddish 

 brown, sometimes with white tips; abdomen and under tail coverts pure white; outer 

 edge of outer pair of tail feathers whitish for most of their length ; inner web white for 

 at least .40. Infenncdiate plumage : Forehead, lores and superciliary stripe rusty 

 white; upper parts similar to adult, usually more rusty; upper tail coverts white with 

 ochraceous tinge; wings as above; throat white, followed by a sooty black patch, and 

 this in turn hy rufous brown as in adult ; rest of lower parts similar to adult. Young: 

 Tawn^' ochraceous brown above ; head tawny with darker centres to the feathers ; upper 

 tail coverts ochraceous; primaries and tail feathers showing ochraceous; wing coverts 

 brown tipped with ochraceous; under parts rusty, buff and grey passing to whitish 

 gre}- on the abdomen. Length 5.50-5.75, wing 2.70-2.75, tail 2.40-2.65, culmen .47-.53, 

 depth of bill .20, width .18, tarsus .90, toe .63. Hah. Hawaii. 



PI. XXVII., 9923, 9924. 64. C. sandvicen'sis'" (Gmel.). Hawaii Blepaio. 



dd. White tips to outer pair of tail feathers usually less than .50; 

 white tips and edgings to the .secondaries quite pronounced ; above brownish (feathers 

 with bluish bases) washed with tawny ochraceous, especially about the head; tail 

 coverts white ; wing coverts brownish black forming a well defined bar ; lesser coverts 

 tipped less regularly with white; primaries brown with buff edges; forehead rusty 

 ochraceous ; lores and about the eyes white ; chin white ; throat black with more or less 

 white tips (not so conspicuous as in saz/drurus/s); breast with some reddish brown; ab- 

 domen white. Liternicdiatc plumage : Similar to young, but sliowing brownish black 

 in the throat, and more or less white in the wing and tip of the tail. Young: Above, 

 tawny ochraceous brown, most ochraceous on the sides and back of the neck ; upper 

 tail coverts tawny ochraceous; forehead, lores, chin, throat and chest tawny ochraceous; 

 abdomen white; under tail coverts tawny; wing coverts and primaries brown with 

 ochraceous edges, larger wing coverts sometimes showing white tips forming a less 

 conspicuous bar than in adults. Length 5.50-6.00, wing 2.55-2.65, tail 2.50-2.55, 

 culmen .40-.45, tarsus .95-1.00, toe .60. Hab. Oahu. 

 PI. XXVII., 9252, 9258, 9255, 9259, 9260, 9407. 65. C. gayi Wilson. Oahu Elepaio. 



F.^MiLv STUR'NID^.— St.\rlings, Min.^s, Etc. 



Genus. 

 Hind claw stronsjer than the claw of the middle toe; in prepared skins the feet 

 reach almost to the end of the tail; bill somewhat curved; culmen less than the tarsus 

 in length (Page 38.) Acridothe'res. 



^t. With the material at hand it is impossible to separate the two forms which are supposed to occur on the island of Hawan. 



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