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sides of the liead and ear-coverts, vvliich is pure white, but 

 the black extends below the eje and over the chin ; back, 

 scapulars, and winj^-coverts dull dark brown, the feathers 

 edged witli light butfy brown ; rump black ; upper tail-coverts 

 white ; quills blackish brown, becoming earth-brown on the 

 terminal j)ortion ; tail black. Underparts greyish white, 

 indistinctly barred with pale buffy ash ; lower abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts white. Bill and legs black ; iris grey. 



Total length about 21 inches, culmen 1'3, wing 13'1, 

 tail 4'4, tarsus o'l. 



Hah. Kauai, Sandwich group. 



Family Turdidse. 

 Tatar e familiaris^ sp. n. 



Adult male. Upper parts greyish brown, rather warmer in 

 tinge on the rump, the sides of the head rather paler ; wings 

 and tail dark brown, the feathers externally margined with 

 buffy brown ; tail rounded ; wings somewhat rounded, the first 

 primary slightly shorter than the sixth. Underparts, together 

 witii the chin and throat, buffy white. Bill brown ; legs 

 fleshy brown ; tarsus brown. 



Total length about 5*75 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 2'55, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 0-92. 



Adult female. Closely resembles the male. 



llab. Laysan Island, Sandwich group. 



Family Drepanidse. 

 Himatione Fraithii^ sp. u. 



Adult male. Upper parts vermilion-crimson, rather richer 

 and more crimson in tinge on the head. Underparts simi- 

 larly coloured to the upper parts down to the lower abdomen, 

 which is dull ashy brown, fading into whity brown on the 

 under tail-coverts ; remiges and rectrices dull blackish brown, 

 the external remiges narrowly margined with reddish white, 

 the secondaries and wing-coverts margined with vermilion ; 

 rectrices also with narrow paler margins. Bill and feet 

 black ; iris reddish yellow. 



Total length about 6 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 2*65, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 0-92. 



Adult female. Closely resembles the male, differing only in 

 the red being somewhat paler in tinge. 



Young. General colour dull brown on the upper parts and 



