of the Genus Hemignathus, Lichtenstein. 401 
pose to designate H. hanapepe, from the name of the district 
in which alone I found it. 
Lastly, I have to mention that there are two other well- 
marked species of Hemignathus, both found by Deppe in the 
island of Oahu, where I, however, did not meet with a single 
example of the genus, owing, no doubt, to the destruction of 
the forests there. These, again a large and a small one, were 
described and figured by Lichtenstein (Abhandl. k. Akad. 
Berlin, 1838, pp. 449-451, pl. v.)—the larger one being 
thought by him to be the Certhia obscura ot Gmelin and 
Latham, and therefore identical with the HH. obscurus above 
named, and the smaller announced as new under the title of 
H, lucidus. Of this last two specimens, obtained by 
‘Townsend, who was for a time collecting with Deppe—see 
the former’s ‘ Narrative of a Journey across the Rocky Moun- 
tains and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands’ (Philadelphia, 
1839, p. 269)—were sent to Audubon, and from him acquired 
by Jardine, at the sale of whose collection they were bought 
for the Museum of the University of Cambridge. One of 
these has recently been submitted by Prof. Newton, at my 
request, to Prof. Cabanis for comparison with the type in the 
Berlin Museum, with the result that they are found to be 
identical. It will therefore stand as H. lucidus, Lichten- 
stein; but it is obvious that the larger species is equally 
distinct from HH. obscurus (Gmelin) and from my new //. 
Stejnegert. According to both figure and description it is 
intermediate in size between them; but, from the specimen 
described and figured being apparently a female, the other 
differences are not so manifest. That they would be more 
evident in the other sex may be safely inferred; but almost 
on the ground of size alone I am prepared to assert that 
Lichtenstein’s example is specifically distinct from the rest, 
and I propose to name it H. Lichtensteint, reserving further 
details for the work on the birds of the Sandwich Islands 
which I have in contemplation. 
It thus follows that there are in all s¢x species of Hemi- 
gnathus :— 
H, obscurus (Gmel.)..V await 
H1, olivaceus (Latr.). } ae 
HT, Lichtensteint, mihi. Oah 
H. lucidus, Licht. } gad 
H. Stejnegeri, mihi. 
H., hanapepe, mihi. } Kauai. 
> OUR G2 BO 
Of which nos. 2,4, and 6 may be regarded as belonging to 
the subgenus LHeterorhynchus. 
