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fifth, or by the fourtli, fifth and sixth feathers, the second shorter thau the sixth; first 

 primary obsolete. 



a. Plumage not red. 



b. Under parts not yellow or greenish yellow; culmen about .50, tail 

 about 1. 85. 



C. Bill light colored; breast white or buffy white. Male: Above clear 

 olive grey faintly washed with olive green, which is most marked on the rump ; nearly 

 white on the chin, becoming olive buffy on the breast; more yellowish on the abdomen, 

 with the sides of the body light smoky olive grey ; lores and forehead buffy white. 

 Female: Similar, but duller. Young: With forehead, lores, superciliary stripe and 

 throat white. Length 4.40-4.65, wing 2.50-2.75, tail i. 75-1. 85, culmen .42-.50, depth 

 of culmen .20, tarsus .78-.85, toe .55. Hab. Kauai. 



PI. XXIX., 9402. 85. O. bairdi Stejn. Akikihi. 



CC. Bill dark colored; below, whitish buff on the throat, becoming 

 greener and greyer on the lower breast ; lores sooty ; abdomen and under tail coverts 

 white with a yellowish wash; primaries and quills brownish. Female: Similar, but 

 duller in color. Vo?nig: Similar, but showing more buffy white about the base of the 

 bill and lores. Length 4.25-4.50, wing 2.60, tail 1.80-1.90, culmen .50, depth of bill 

 .20, tarsus .85-.90, toe .70. Hah. Hawaii. 



PI. XXIX., 6664. 86. O. mana'^5 (Wilson). 



bb. Under parts, throat, etc., greener or yellower; bill and tail relatively 

 longer. 



d. Yellowish olive green above; yellow of the forehead extending 

 farther back onto the crown ; crown and entire upper parts, including the edge of outer 

 web of primaries and tail feathers, light yellowish green ; primaries and tail feathers 

 brownish black ; lower parts, including edge of wings, lemon yellow ; sides of body 

 yellowish olive. Female: Similar to adult male, but less bright yellow below (Roths- 

 child). Quite young: Greyish olive above, tail showing the most olive shade; median 

 and greater wing coverts tipped with buffy white, forming two distinct bands across 

 the wing; below, greyish white showing some yellow. Length about 4.50, wing 2.30, 

 tail 1.95, culmen .50-.55, depth of bill .18, tarsus .92, toe .65. Hab. Lanai. 



87. O. monta'na (Wilson). Alauhiio. 



dd. Olive green above, yellow of the forehead more restri(5ted. 



e. Broad dusky loral mark; bill stronger; color deeper olive 

 brown ; more golden beneath. Adulf male: Somewhat similar to adult C. chloris, but 

 with the olive upper plumage darker, though tinged with yellow; forehead brighter 

 than the crown, and with an obvious though ill-defined yellowish streak over the 

 eye; lores brownish black; chin, cheeks, auriculars and throat clear golden 3'ellow, 

 which color pervades the breast and belly, becoming very pale, almost white on the 



45 See note following Chloivdtrfia fit's virens, page 46. 



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