1878.] birds of the sandwich islands. 347 



2. PhjEornis obscura. 



DusJcy Flycatcher, Lath. Syn. vol. ii. pt. i. p. 344, unde 

 Muscicapa obscura, Gm. S. N. i. p. 945. 



Teenioptera obscura, Cassin, B. U.S. Expl. Exp. Atlas, pi. ix. 

 fig. 3. 



Phaornis obscura, Scl. Ibis, 1859, p. 327, et 1871, p. 360. 

 No. 534. Hilo, Owhyhee. 6 . ) 



535. „ „ 2 



53b. „ „ ,, 



53/. ,, ,, ,, _ 



"Eyes brown; bill and feet black." — J. M. 



3. MOHOA NOBILIS. 



Gracula nobllis, Merrem, Av. Descr. et Ic. p. 8, pi ii. 

 Mohoa nobilis, Cass. Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. vii. p. 440. 

 Yellow-tufted Bee-eater, Lath. Syn. i. p. 683, unde 

 Merops niger, Gm. S. N. i. p. 465. 



No. 524. Male. Hilo. 



" Eyes black ; stomach contained fruit and insects." — J. M. 



4. PsiTTI ROSTRA PSITTACEA. 



Parrot-billed Grosbeak, Lath. Syn. ii. p. 108. pi. 42, unde 



Loxia psittacea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 844. 



Psittirostra psittacea, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 295. 



538. Male. Hilo. 



545. Male. Hilo. 



" Eyes red ; stomach contained fruit." — /. M. 



As I have already stated (Ibis, 1871, p. 360), this bird has, in 

 my opinion, no relationship to the Fringillidse, but is merely an 

 exaggerated form of the same type as Hemignathus and its allied 

 genera. 



5. Drepanis coccinea (Merrem). 



Mellisuga coccinea, Merrem, A v. Descr. et Ic. p. 14, pi. iv. 

 (1786). 



Drepanis coccinea, Cassin, Zool. U.S. Expl. Exp. p. 177. 



521. Female adult. ] 



522. Young female. I Hilo. 

 dZo. „ „ j 



"Eyes red; bill and legs orange ; stomach contained insects and 

 seeds."— J. M. 



6. Drepanis sanguinea (Gm.). 



Certhia sanguinea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 479. 

 Drepanis sanguinea, Bp. Consp. i. p. 404. 



530. Female. Hilo. 



