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  The 
  Hon. 
  W. 
  Rotliscliild 
  on 
  new 
  Birds 
  

  

  even 
  as 
  liigli 
  as 
  4000 
  feet, 
  where 
  they 
  fed 
  freely 
  on 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   of 
  the 
  jjoha. 
  With 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  fresh 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  

   Freycinetia 
  they 
  disappeared 
  again. 
  

  

  As 
  on 
  Oahu, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  in 
  Kona 
  had 
  swellings 
  on 
  

   the 
  legs 
  and 
  feet; 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  they 
  had 
  even 
  lost 
  one 
  or 
  

   more 
  claws 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  toes. 
  The 
  species 
  affected 
  were 
  

   Himatione, 
  Heiyiignathus, 
  Chasiempis, 
  Loxioides, 
  and 
  Rhoda- 
  

   canthis. 
  It 
  is 
  probably, 
  I 
  think, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  damp, 
  as 
  in 
  

   almost 
  every 
  case 
  the 
  birds 
  affected 
  were 
  those 
  shot 
  within 
  

   the 
  raiu-belt, 
  while 
  those 
  above, 
  even 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  

   were 
  almost 
  if 
  not 
  quite 
  always 
  free. 
  

  

  IX. 
  — 
  Dc 
  script 
  ions 
  of 
  Three 
  new 
  Birds 
  from 
  the 
  Sandwich 
  

   Islands. 
  By 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild. 
  

  

  Fam. 
  Dre 
  PANiDiD.E. 
  

  

  1. 
  Heimignathus 
  affinis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  hanapepe, 
  of 
  Kauai, 
  

   but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  head, 
  throat, 
  and 
  upper 
  breast 
  more 
  

   golden 
  yellow, 
  and 
  the 
  back, 
  rump, 
  and 
  npper 
  wing-coverts 
  

   dull 
  olive 
  colour 
  instead 
  of 
  greenish 
  yellow. 
  Moreover, 
  in 
  

   H. 
  affinis 
  the 
  yellow 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  terminates 
  abruptly 
  at 
  the 
  

   occiput, 
  while 
  it 
  gradually 
  passes 
  into 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  

   in 
  H. 
  hanapejie. 
  The 
  anal 
  region 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  are 
  

   yellowish 
  green, 
  whilst 
  in 
  H. 
  hanapepe 
  they 
  are 
  white. 
  

   Total 
  length 
  about 
  5 
  inches, 
  wing 
  3"05, 
  tail 
  2, 
  tarsus 
  0'85^ 
  

   culm 
  en 
  1"2. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Island 
  of 
  Mauai, 
  Sandwich 
  group. 
  

  

  2. 
  LOXOPS 
  OCHRACEA, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  distinct 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  L. 
  coc- 
  

   cinea 
  and 
  L. 
  flammea 
  in 
  its 
  dull 
  ochraceous 
  colour 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  parts, 
  fading 
  into 
  yellowish 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   breast 
  and 
  ventral 
  region. 
  Under 
  ta'l- 
  coverts 
  dull 
  orange- 
  

   vellow^ 
  tail-feathers 
  plumbeous, 
  edged 
  externally 
  with 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  yellow. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  4 
  inches, 
  wing 
  2'5, 
  tarsus 
  

   0*75, 
  culmen 
  0-4. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  L. 
  coccinen, 
  but 
  on 
  

  

  