110 Hon. W. Rothschild on Seven new Species of 



light ashy brown on the underparts ; many of the feathers 

 margined with ricli buff, giving a slightly mottled appear- 

 ance ; wings and tail dark brown, the primaries narrowly and 

 the secondaries broadly margined with rich brownish buff; 

 chin and upper throat orange-buff; lower abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white tinged with buff. 



Hab. Laysan Island, Sandwich group. 



Tlie present species somewhat resembles Ilimatione san- 

 yuinea^ but differs from that species in being more vermilion 

 and not blood-red in tinge of colour, and in having the lower 

 abdomen and under tail- coverts pale ashy brown or brownish 

 white, and not white ; besides, the bill is shorter and rather 

 stouter in the present species than in H. sanguinea. 



Family Fringillidas. 



Telespyza flavissima, sp. n. 



Adult male. Head, neck, and underparts down to lower 

 abdomen bright yellow, the crown rather darker ; upper parts 

 generally yellow, slightly sullied with ashy brown, the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts dull ashy brown, washed with yellow ; 

 quills blackish brown, the primaries externally narrowly and 

 the secondaries broadly margined with bright apple-yellow ; 

 tail blackish brown, the feathers margined with apple-yellow ; 

 lower abdomen and under tail-coverts dirty white, slightly 

 washed with yellow. Bill blue ; legs brown ; iris greyish 

 brown. 



Total length about 6*5 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3*3, 

 tail 2*6, tarsus 2*05. 



Adult female similar to the male. 



Hah. Laysan Island, Sandwich group. 



The present species somewhat resembles Telespysa can- 

 tans, Scott Wilson ('Ibis,' 1890, p. 341, pi. ix.), but has 

 the head and the underparts rich yellow, the head lacking 

 the brown markings, and the back is much yellower and lacks 

 the dark brown markings of Telespyza cantans, which latter 

 also comes from Laysan Island, and not from Midway 

 Island, as stated in the ' Ibis ' {I. c). 



Rhodacanthis, gen. no v. 



Bill stout and strong, broad at the base, the upper man- 

 dible sharp-pointed and curved as in Fsitlirostra^ but not so 



