446 ON NEW SPECIES OF HAWAIIAN BIRDS. [NoV. 5, 



head grey ; back h.ur-brown tinged with red, nirap distinctly russet, 

 and the upper tail-coverts brownish scarlet ; remises and rectrices 

 blackish brown edged with brownish scarlet, as also are the upper 

 wing-coverts. Beneath, dull white tinged witli pale scarlet ; sides of 

 the body reddish brown, and wing-lining white tinged with scarlet. 



Dimensions. Total length 5 inches, wing from carpal joint 2^, 

 culmen "5, tarsus '75, tail 2. 



Hab. Molokai. 



Obs. Differs from L. coecinea not only in its much larger size, but 

 in the intense purity of its scarlet, which replaces the scarlet-orange 

 of L. coecinea, 



HiMATIONE MONTANA, Sp. n. 



Male. Forehead, sides of the face, and throat deep lemon-yellow, 

 shading into a lighter tint of yellow on the breast and abdomen, the 

 lower part of which is white ; under tail-coverts deep lemon-yellow ; 

 upper parts, with the exception of the rump, which is yellow, are 

 dull greenish yellow ; primaries, of which the second is much shorter 

 than the fourth and fifth, which are equal, ashy brown, edged with 

 dull yellow ; wing-lining white, tinged witli clear yellow ; tail-quills 

 ashy brown edged with dull yellow. Bill light pinkish. Feet slender, 

 of the same colour as the bill. 



Female. Similar in general colour to the male, but the underparts 

 are of a very light shade of lemon-yellow instead of the deep yellow 

 of the male. 



Dimensions. Total length 4 inches, wing from carpal joint 2*25, 

 culmen '35, tarsus "70, tail 2*75. 



Hab. Lanai. 



Obs. The bill in curve approaches nearest to Oreomyza and in 

 size to Himatione parva, Stejn. 



HiMATIONE STEJNEGERI, Sp. H. 



? H. chloris, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 96 (nee 

 Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i. p. 99). 



Closely resembling H. chloris, but having the bill higher at the 

 base, more decurved, and with the maxilla perceptibly exceeding the 

 mandible in length. 



This species differs from the true H. chloris, of which I have been 

 able to examine a specimen in the Museum of the University of 

 Cambridge, marked by Prof. Cabanis as agreeing with his type. 

 Ur. Stejneger, it will be observed, did not feel certain as to the 

 identity of the form from Katsai and that from Oahu, whence came 

 Prof. Cabanis's examples, and where I obtained others agreeing with 

 them. 



Hab. Kauai, 



Obs. The representative forms of Himatione chloris. Cab., from 

 the Islands of Lanai and Molokai, are (easily) distinguishable from 

 each other and also from Professor Cabanis's type, which was obtained 

 from the island of Oahu. 



The following characters of the forms of this species from the 

 ihree islands will serve to distinguish them : — 



