TURD I D^. 6r 



Length 6.90-8.00, wing 3.95-4.00, tail 2.85-2.95, culmen .55-.62, depth of bill .22-.25, 

 width of bill .30-35, tarsus i. 22-1. 30, toe .97, gonys .26. Hab. Hawaii. 

 PI. XX\'II., 6615, 9922, 9923. 119. p. obscu'ra (Gmel.). Omau. 



aa. Upper parts olive brown, extremities of the feathers much lighter color; 

 tail and wings brown; bill bristled at the base; length 7.50 (Bloxham). Nothing 

 farther is known of this evidently extinct species than is given above, and which is 

 taken from Bloxham's account of the birds secured on the vo3'age of the Blonde^ where 

 it is given as "'Tiii-dits sandvicensis (var.), from Oahu." 



120. P. oahuen'sis Wilson & Evaxs. 



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