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  Club. 
  443 
  

  

  entire 
  under 
  surface 
  smoky 
  black, 
  with 
  narrow 
  white 
  shaft- 
  

   lines 
  to 
  the 
  feathers. 
  Axillary 
  tufts 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  A. 
  nobilis, 
  

   but 
  also 
  bright 
  yellow. 
  Ear-coverts 
  with 
  an 
  elongated 
  tuft 
  

   of 
  very 
  narrow 
  feathers 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  

   golden 
  yellow. 
  Under 
  tail-coverts 
  golden 
  yellow. 
  Under 
  

   wing-coverts 
  sooty 
  black, 
  with 
  indistinct 
  white 
  patches. 
  

   Tail 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  A. 
  nobilis, 
  but 
  more 
  pointed, 
  as 
  in 
  

   A. 
  apicalis. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  11 
  inches, 
  wing 
  4*5, 
  tail6"5, 
  

   tarsus 
  1*5, 
  culmen 
  1'4. 
  

  

  Adult 
  female. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  considerably 
  smaller. 
  

   Wing 
  4 
  inches, 
  tail 
  5, 
  tarsus 
  1"35, 
  culmen 
  1*2. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Island 
  of 
  Molokai. 
  

  

  Named 
  in 
  honour 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Bishop, 
  of 
  Honolulu. 
  

  

  HiMATIONE 
  NEWTONI, 
  Sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  montana 
  of 
  Lanai, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  dark 
  olive-green 
  instead 
  of 
  olive-yellow. 
  Rump 
  

   and 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  green 
  instead 
  of 
  bright 
  yellow. 
  The 
  

   yellow 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  extended. 
  The 
  under- 
  

   parts, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  entirely 
  yellow, 
  are 
  only 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  

   central 
  area; 
  flanks 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  body 
  olive-green. 
  Under 
  

   tail-coverts 
  yellowish 
  white 
  instead 
  of 
  yellow 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  mon- 
  

   tana. 
  Wing 
  2" 
  5 
  to 
  2'6 
  inches, 
  tail 
  2 
  (2" 
  75 
  in 
  H. 
  montana, 
  

   according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Scott 
  Wilson), 
  tarsus 
  0"87, 
  culmen 
  4*75. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Island 
  of 
  Mauai. 
  

  

  HiMATIONE 
  WILSONI, 
  Sp. 
  U. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  H. 
  stejnegeri 
  of 
  Kauai, 
  but 
  smaller, 
  the 
  beak 
  

   considerably 
  less 
  and 
  straighter, 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  resembling 
  

   H. 
  virens 
  of 
  Hawaii. 
  General 
  colour 
  more 
  yellowish, 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  and 
  under 
  surface. 
  Female 
  paler 
  than 
  

   the 
  male. 
  Wing 
  2*45 
  inches, 
  tail 
  1*65 
  (nearly 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  

   H. 
  stejnegeri), 
  culmen 
  0*55 
  (nearly 
  or 
  fully 
  0*8 
  in 
  H. 
  stejne- 
  

   geri), 
  tarsus 
  0"8. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Island 
  of 
  Mauai. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  BowDLER 
  Sharpe 
  stated 
  that 
  during 
  a 
  recent 
  visit 
  to 
  

   Leyden 
  he 
  had 
  examined 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Rallus 
  sandwichensis 
  

   of 
  Latham, 
  and 
  wished 
  to 
  apologize 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub 
  for 
  

  

  