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with the same colour, but more sordid; coverts of primaries and 

 secondaries on the outer webs broadly margined with dull orange. 

 Bill hornish-blue, tip blackish; iris dark brown. Stomach con- 

 taining nests of insects; first and third primaries longest, first 

 scarcely shorter. 



Young (just able to fly). Upper parts dull olive green, the 

 outer margin of the dark brown quills and tail - feathers more 

 vivid, the same as the tips of the secondaries, which form a 

 pale cross band on the wing; low^er parts pale olive yellow, 

 chin passing into whitish; bill hörn - blackish, tip darker; feet 

 black; third and fourth primaries longest, second equal to fifth 

 somewhat shorter; first a little shorter; tail twelve feathers. 

 Tongue ordinary, bifurcated at tip. 



Hab. : Hawaii. 



Drepanis rosea. 



Dole, List of Birds of the Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian 

 Annual 1879). 



Similar to J). coccinea in appearance, habits, and food. 

 6 inches long. "Wings and tail dark brown; last secondaries 

 white; upper and lower tail -coverts greenish yellow; general 

 plumage bright scarlet, interspersed with masses of greenish- 

 yellow feathers, mottled with black. Bill one inch, curved, 

 white. 



Hab. : Hawaii. 



Urocharis. 



T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, Vol. XVI., 26. 27. 

 Settembre 1880, p. 69. 



Novum genus Urocharis, inter genera Melanocharim et Pristo- 

 rhamphum intercedens, differt ab illo ob rostrum latius et brevius 

 et ob caudam longiorem, ab altero ob caudam non graduatam, sed 

 fere aequalem. Typus: Ur. hngicauda (Salv.), Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. VII, 1875, p. 942. 



FAM. MELIPHAGIDAE. 



Meliarchus gen. nov. 



T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova Vol. XVI, 26. 27. 

 Settembre 1880, p. 75. 



Genus novum Meliarchus ad genus Melirrhophetem proxime 

 accedit, sed ob genas plumosas et ob gulam carunculis destitutam 

 differt. Typus: M. sclateri (G. R. Gray), Ann. Mag. N. H. 1870, 

 p. 327. 



Philemonopsis gen. nov. 



T. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. Vol. XVI, 26. 27. 

 Settembre 1880, p. 79. 



Novum genus Philemonopsis a genre Philemone praesertim 

 ob nares lineares, elongatas et a membrana obtectas differt. 



