DREPANIDID^. ^3 



infusion on the bell}^ and flanks. Young duller and greyer. Length 5.50-5.75, wing 

 3-20-3.35, tail 1.85-2.00, culmen .S5-1.03, tarsus .90-.96, toe .85. Hab. Hawaii. 

 PI. XXIX., 6632, 6630. 102. H. wil'soni^' Roths. 



Genus PSEUDONES'TOR Rothschild. 



FIG. 10. P. XANTHOPHKYS. 



Upper parts with grey bases to the feathers, and greenish olive ends, giving the 

 back a somewhat greenish grey cast, more inclined to olive on the rump; broad super- 

 loral stripe light yellow; lores dusky, extending backward through the eye; breast 

 canary yellow; abdomen yellowish white; greyish olive on the flanks; under tail coverts 

 with a yellowish tinge ; upper mandible blackish ; lower mandible whitish ; bill strongly 

 hooked; gonj-s much curved. Fouale and yoitiig : Duller above; j-ellow of throat not 

 so pronounced. Length 5.15-5.50, wing 2.70-2.90, tail i. 75-1. 90, culmen .65-.S5, 

 depth of bill .55-.65, tarsus .85-.S7, toe .80. Hab. Maui. 



PI. XXIX., 6607. 103. p. xantho'phrys Roths. 



Genus PSITTACIROS'TRA Tkm.mixck. 



FIG. II. P. PSITTACE.\. 



Head and upper neck, all around, a rich light gamboge yellow, sharply defined 

 against the greenish grey of the mantle and olive grey of the chest ; rump olive green; 

 tail and primaries dusky brown edged with olive green; olive on the sides and flanks; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts whitish grej- ; bill and feet pink ; upper mandible ex- 

 ceeding the lower usualh- b}- about .15. Fcvialc: Upper parts, including head and 

 neck, uniform olive green; greyish on the neck; under parts gre3'ish white, washed 

 with yellow; under tail coverts white. Young: Similar to the female, but more uniform 

 grey above and below, except the abdomen, which is whitish; bill dark. Length 6.30- 



■MThe above characters are sufficient to separate icilsoni from its fellows, sub-generically at least, if not entitling it to generic rank. 



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