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BIRDS FROM HAWAIIAN ISLANDS STEJNEGER, 



Besides this there is another Oreomyza which, in spite of its great 

 resemblance to 0. bairdi, I must regard as a distinct species. I pro- 

 pose to call it 



Oreomyza wilsoni sp. nov. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to 0. bairdi, but with the forehead, supercilia, 

 and ear-coverts white suffused with a delicate tinge of pale olive buff; 

 under wing-coverts suffused with sulphur yellow; first primary (from 

 edge of wing) equaling the seventh in length. 



Dimensions (type specimen). — Wing, 69 mm ; tail-feathers, 43 mm ; ex- 

 posed culmen, 12.5 mm ; tarsus, 20 mm ; middle toe, with claw, 16.5 mm ; 

 hind toe, without claw, 10 mm . 



Habitat. — Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. 



Type.— JJ. S. Nat. Mus., No. 116794. V. Knudsen, collector. 



The differences exhibited by this specimen are so many, and of such 

 a character, that they can not be supposed to be due to sex, age, or season. 

 In addition to those pointed out in the diagnosis, the type of this form 

 (with which I wish to associate Mr. Scott B. Wilson's name, in recognition 

 of his ornithological work in the Hawaiian Islands) is browner above, 

 darker olive on the flanks, and less yellow on the chest than the three 

 specimens of 0. bairdi before me. 



? Fsittirostra psittacea (Temm.). 



Ou polapalapa. 



The two specimens sent, both marked as males, agree closely with 

 those previously recorded from Kauai (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, pp. 

 389-390), except that in No. 116797 fore neck and chest are distinctly 

 gray, with hardly a tinge of greenish. 



Moho braccata Cassin. 



Oo. 



One specimen (No. 116800) agrees closely with those previously re- 

 corded (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, pp. 100-102). Three others differ 

 somewhat from these in being larger and of deeper, more saturated 

 colors, as well as by absence of light shaft streaks on the interscapulars. 

 The latter may be either the males or the fully adult birds, the former 

 representing females or immature birds. I am inclined to think, how- 

 ever, that the difference is due to sex and not to age. 



Measurements. 



