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BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



Genus CHI,0 RIDOPS Wilson. 



FIG. 14. 



C. KONA. 



Female: Above, decided olive green, more olive on the upper tail coverts, and 



with dark centres to the feathers of the head, producing a scaled appearance; under 



parts of the abdomen and flanks yellowish olive ; under tail coverts whitish ; quills and 



tail feathers brown with olive edgings on the outer web; bill extremely thick and 



clum.sy. (Male probabl_v brighter? ) Length 6.00-6.50, wing 3.30-3.45, culmen .70, 



depth of bill .70, width of bill .60, tarsus .85-.90, toe .85. Hab. Hawaii. 



109. C. ko'na Wilson. 



Family M:EI,IPHAG'ID.^.— Honey-eaters. 



Genera. 



With no white feathers about the eye; nostrils operculate; first primarv about 



half the length of the second; secondaries three-fourths the length of the wing; tip of 



the wing formed b}- the fourth, fifth and sixth primaries. ( Sub-family Mcliphagincp?) 



a. Smaller; wing less than 5.00; tail black or brownish black; with or without 



pectoral tufts . (Page 56.) Moho.'' 



aa. Larger; wing more than 5.00; tail brown or greenish bi^own. 



(Page 58.) Chaetop'tila. 



Genus MOHO Lesson. 



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FIG. 15. M. NOBILIS. 



a. With no ^yellow pectoral tufts ; tail feathers uniform blackish without any 

 trace of white on the outer pair; crown black with a greA-ish cast; upper surface brown 



52 since it is doubtful if Moho should ever have been set aside, to accord with the Stricklati-iian code, and since it is certain that by the 

 A. O. U. code Moho would stand against Acrulocercus, it is preferable to use the former name for this genus. 



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