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Ohia, the bananas and the lobelias were regularly visited. The 
deep gloomy woods, the bright forested ridges, the secluded valleys 
were explored from end to end of its habitat, all without seeing so 
much as a single sign of the bird to encourage one to further effort. 
Nevertheless, since the present species, as well as its cousins 
on Kauai and Hawaii are known to be gregarious and nomadic at 
certain seasons, it may be that such habits account for its occa- 
sional appearance, and more frequent complete disappearance in 
certain sections. However that may be, of the fact that the Oo is 
a rare—indeed an exceedingly rare bird, there seems little ques- 
tion. As to its being already extinct, I am not yet convinced, but 
that it is very near the verge of extermination, cannot longer be 
doubted by any one. 
Pheornis rutha, new species. 
Type Specimens. Male: B.P. Bishop Museum No. 4631; Kilo- 
hana Mountain, Molokai; April 30, 1907; W.A. Bryan. Female: 
B. B. Bishop Museum No. 4632; Puualu Mountain, Molokai; April 
22, 1907; W. A. Bryan. Immature Male: B. P. Bishop Museum 
No. 4628; Halawa, Molokai; May 25, 1907; W. A. Bryan. 
Hlabitat. Forest area of the island of Molokai only. 
Specific Characters. Similar to Zanazensis but with the throat 
and breast much grayer; abdomen and under tail coverts whiter; 
back darker olive-brown ; size uniformly a trifle larger; bill aver- 
aging longer and slightly broader. 
Diagnostic Characters. Uniform in color; above brown or 
hair-brown with an olive wash; with no conspicuous markings on 
the outer tail feathers; size larger, length (in the flesh) 8.25-8.40, 
wing 3.67—3.80, tail 3.10-3.25 ; darker above in adult and imma- 
ture, and without any rusty gray cast on the crown and mantle. 
Grayer on the throat and breast. 
Description of Type. Adult Male: Above inconspicuous dull 
brown with dusky olive tinge; head darker colored than the mantle. 
The grayish wash of /anazensts over the head and rump wanting 
even in moulting birds. Outer webs of the inner primaries and 
most of the secondaries with a blackish patch at their bases, which 
is bordered before with a rusty brown patch; centre tail feathers 
like the back; outer pair paler on their outer webs on the basal 
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