460 On hco neio Species of Sandwich-Island Birds. 



O'ides maculata, Oliv. 



O'ldes stibhemisphcei'ica , Gu^r. 

 O'ides indica, Baly. 



Judging from the description and figure given by Olivier 

 and from the description given by Guerin, the two species 

 indicated above are, I think, identical Avith Baly's O'ides 

 indica^ the type of which is before me. I am unable to find 

 any definite characters by which to separate specimens from 

 Java from those coming from other localities, such as Trin- 

 gano, Siam, Burmah, and Assam. 



LI. — Descriptions of two new Species of Sandwich- Island 

 Birds. By Scott B. Wilson, F.Z.S. 



Himatione maiia, sp. n. 



Male. Head ashy olive, shading into dull olive-green on 

 the back; beneath dull greenish buff, except the chin and 

 thioat, which are whitish ; wings and tail brown, edged 

 outwardly with olive-green. 



Female. Duller on the upper parts, while beneath the chin 

 and throat are nearly white, tlie rest of tlie underparts more 

 buff than in the male. 



Liniensions. Total length 4*45 inches, wing 2*50, culraen 

 •45, tarsus -70, tail 1-40. 



Bah. Hawaii. 



Ohs. The bill is nearly straight, being almost similar to 

 that of O'lecwijzu^ while the plumage of the underparts, 

 especially of tlie female, bears some resemblance to that 

 s]jeciep. It has not, however, the rounded wing and very short 

 tail of Oreomiiza. 



Phceornis lanaiensis^ sp. n. 



This species closely resembles Ph. ohscura and Ph. myia- 

 destina, but is smaller in dimensions than either ; wliile the 

 bill is distinctly intermediate in size between those two species. 

 The outer pair of tail-feathers only have very slight white 

 markings at the tip, but the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 are nearly pure white. 



The length of the wing from the carpal joint is only 3*65, 

 as against 4 of Ph. ohscura. 



Hah. Lauai. 



Ohs. The species found on Molokai seems to be identical 

 with the liird from Lanai here described. 



