﻿Ornithologists' 
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  pileo 
  cinerascente, 
  iiotaeo 
  sordidiore 
  olivascenti-viridi, 
  

   pectore 
  sordide 
  flavo, 
  liypocliondriis 
  sordide 
  olivascenti- 
  

   bus, 
  et 
  subcaudalibus 
  albicantibus, 
  distingueudus. 
  Long, 
  

   alse 
  3- 
  1-3-3 
  poll., 
  culm. 
  2-9-3-1. 
  

   Hab. 
  in 
  insula 
  Sandwichensi 
  ' 
  Lanai 
  ' 
  dicta. 
  

   Mr. 
  Rothschild's 
  communication 
  contained 
  the 
  following 
  

   remarks 
  on 
  this 
  new 
  bird 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  section 
  of 
  Hemi- 
  

   gnathus, 
  which, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion, 
  includes 
  two 
  different 
  species 
  

   from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Kauai, 
  one 
  from 
  Hawai, 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  

   Oahu, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  species. 
  They 
  all 
  have 
  the 
  

   upper 
  and 
  lower 
  mandible 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  leng-th, 
  while 
  

   the 
  aberrant 
  Heterorhynchus-sectlon, 
  which 
  now 
  contains 
  

   four 
  species, 
  has 
  the 
  upper 
  mandible 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  lower. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  male 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  sex 
  of 
  H. 
  obscurus 
  (its 
  

   nearest 
  ally) 
  from 
  Hawai 
  in 
  its 
  much 
  longer 
  and 
  very 
  stout 
  

   bill, 
  ashy-greyish 
  tint 
  of 
  the 
  crown, 
  and 
  much 
  duller 
  oliva- 
  

   ceous 
  green 
  of 
  the 
  back, 
  neck, 
  and 
  rump. 
  Breast 
  dirty 
  

   yellow, 
  gradually 
  passing 
  into 
  dull 
  olive 
  on 
  the 
  flanks, 
  in- 
  

   stead 
  of 
  bright 
  yellowish 
  olive 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  obscurus. 
  Under 
  

   tail-coverts 
  creamy 
  white, 
  instead 
  of 
  olive-green. 
  

  

  " 
  Female. 
  Everywhere 
  dull 
  greyish 
  olive, 
  becoming 
  more 
  

   yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts. 
  Throat 
  and 
  

   cheeks 
  dull 
  greyish. 
  

  

  '' 
  Young 
  male. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  adult 
  male, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  colours 
  

   strongly 
  suffused 
  with 
  an 
  ochraceous 
  tinge. 
  

  

  " 
  Iris 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  bill 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  greyish 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  feet 
  and 
  legs 
  bright 
  slaty 
  blue, 
  soles 
  of 
  the 
  feet 
  yel- 
  

   lowish. 
  Wing 
  3*1 
  to 
  3*3 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  2*9 
  to 
  3*1 
  (much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  H. 
  obscurus) 
  ." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Seebohm 
  exhibited 
  two 
  males, 
  a 
  female, 
  and 
  

   a 
  young 
  male 
  in 
  first 
  plumage 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Merula, 
  

   which 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  call 
  

  

  Merula 
  w^hiteheadi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   Supra 
  brunnea, 
  capite 
  canescente, 
  abdomine 
  castaneo, 
  ventre 
  

   medio 
  albo, 
  subcaudalibus 
  albo 
  striatis. 
  

  

  