38 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



Genus ACRIDOTHE'RES Vieillot. 



With a bare patch of yellow skin below and behind the eye; lower mandible 

 black at the base ; with white on the base of primaries forming a speculum ; no black 

 on breast and abdomen ; above vinous brown with an ashy shade, as is also the breast 

 and sides of the body; abdomen and under tail coverts white; head and neck blackish. 

 Female similar. Length 9.50, wing 5.50, tail 3.45, tarsus 1.40. Hab. Indian Penin- 

 sula. Hawaiian Islands; introduced. 



66. A. tristis (Linn.). False Mina. 



Family FRINGII,I/'ID^.— Sparrows, Finches, Etc. 



Genera. 

 Depth of bill at base less than the length of hind toe with claw, and less than 

 two-thirds the length of the tarsus. 



a. Gon3-s slightly convex; a light brownish spot on speculum at base of quills. 



(Page 38.) Passer. 



aa. Gonys not appreciably convex ; no light spot or speculum at base of quills; 

 wing less than five times as long as the tarsus; first quill decidedly longer than the 

 fourth; depth of bill at base about equal to the length of culmen. 



(Page 38.) Carpod'acus. 



Genus PASSER Brisson. 



Brownish above ; the back streaked with black ; witig with two white bands; 

 under parts pale greyish or greyish white. Male: With black throat continued over 

 the chest ; ear coverts dull grey ; top of head greyish with a large patch of bright 

 chestnut on the sides. Female: With the throat not black; back streaked or mottled 

 with blackish; a pale superciliary stripe; cheeks dingy brown like the ear coverts; 

 browner than the male. Young: Both sexes resemble the adult female but are whiter 

 below, especially on the throat. Length 5.50-6.25, wing 2.90-3.00, tail 2.45-2.50. 

 Hab. Europe, America, etc. Hawaiian Islands; introduced; common. 



67. P. domesticus Linn. European House Sparrow. 



Genus CARPOD ACUS Kaup. 

 Sides of body streaked or always with well defined shaft lines of brown, and with 

 a distinct eyebrow; tail not decidedh' shorter than wing; not distinctly emarginated 

 (Sub-genus Burrica)\ crown of head not broadl}- streaked; abdomen ashy white 

 streaked with brown; general color above light ashy brown slightly streaked with 

 darker brown. Male: Rump, lores, forehead, throat and breast crimson. Female: 

 General color above brown slightly mottled with dusky centres to the feathers; upper 

 tail coverts like the back; crown similar and more or less mottled; lores ashy white; 



under surface white broadly streaked with dusky brown. Length about 5.25-5.50, 



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