﻿Ornithologists' 
  Club. 
  571 
  

  

  Wings 
  and 
  tail 
  brown, 
  each 
  feather 
  bordered 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   edge 
  with 
  bufty 
  red. 
  Wing 
  22 
  inches, 
  tail 
  1*7. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Island 
  of 
  Oahu, 
  Sandwich 
  group. 
  

  

  Named 
  after 
  Henry 
  Palmer^s 
  companion, 
  who 
  shot 
  the 
  only 
  

   specimen 
  at 
  present 
  known. 
  

  

  ViRIDONIA 
  MACULATA 
  (Cab.). 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  was 
  originally 
  described 
  by 
  Professor 
  Cabanis 
  

   from 
  an 
  adult 
  female 
  and 
  an 
  immature 
  male 
  from 
  Oahu, 
  and 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Himatione 
  (Mus. 
  Hein. 
  i. 
  p. 
  100, 
  note^ 
  

   1851). 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  species 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  in 
  April 
  

   last 
  by 
  Henry 
  Palmer 
  from 
  Oahu, 
  which 
  proved 
  that 
  the 
  

   bird 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  true 
  Himatione, 
  but 
  formed 
  a 
  second 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  Viridonia 
  (Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  ser. 
  Q, 
  x, 
  

   p. 
  112). 
  

  

  Adult 
  male. 
  Upper 
  surface 
  bright 
  olive-green 
  ; 
  forehead, 
  

   throat, 
  and 
  under 
  surface 
  bright 
  golden 
  yellow, 
  less 
  bright 
  

   on 
  the 
  under 
  surface, 
  and 
  fading 
  almost 
  to 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  vent. 
  

   Flanks 
  slightly 
  mottled 
  with 
  olive-green. 
  

  

  Hab, 
  Island 
  of 
  Oahu, 
  in 
  thick 
  jungle 
  high 
  on 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tains. 
  

  

  -|- 
  AnOUS 
  HAWAIIENSIS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  group 
  of 
  

   islands, 
  differs 
  from 
  its 
  nearest 
  congener 
  A. 
  melanogenys, 
  

   Gray, 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  grey 
  colour, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  confined 
  to 
  

   the 
  crown 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  is 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  inter- 
  

   scapular 
  region. 
  The 
  tail 
  and 
  rump 
  also, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  

   black, 
  are 
  pale 
  grey. 
  Under 
  surface 
  of 
  neck 
  also 
  slightly 
  

   washed 
  with 
  grey, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  uniform 
  black 
  as 
  in 
  

   A. 
  melanogenys. 
  The 
  wing 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   shorter, 
  varying 
  from 
  0*5 
  to 
  0*75 
  inch. 
  The 
  beak 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   stouter 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  pointed. 
  

  

  Types 
  in 
  Mus. 
  W. 
  Rothschild 
  and 
  in 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  

  

  -f- 
  ffisTRELATA 
  NIGRIPENNIS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  (E. 
  dejilippiana, 
  Gigl. 
  et 
  Salvad., 
  affinis, 
  sed 
  rostro 
  multo 
  

   breviore 
  et 
  robustiore, 
  ad 
  basin 
  latiore 
  ; 
  margine 
  alarum 
  

  

  