PLOCETDy^—DREPANIDID^. 39 



wing 3.10, tail 2.35, culmen .40, depth of bill .30, tarsus .75, toe .50. Hab. Western 

 part of North America. Hawaiian Islands ; introduced. 



68. C, mexica'nus obscu'rus McCai^Iv. House Finch, "Rice Bird." 



Family PI^OCBID^.— Weaver Birds. 

 Genus. 

 The first primary short, not longer than the primary coverts (Sub-family 

 ViduincB)\ tail about equal to the wing; centre feathers somewhat produced and 

 pointed, but the tail itself wedge-shaped and not greatly graduated ; bill swollen and 

 rounded ; culmen strongly arched ; tail moderately long, never exceeding the wing by 

 as much as the tarsus with the middle toe and claw (Page 39.) Mu'nia. 



Genus MU'NIA Hodgson. 



Legs dark ; under tail coverts buffy white ; throat deep chestnut ; sides of body 

 oculated with black and white spots; tail from above greyish olive yellow; rump 

 feathers plain with lighter edges ; general color above warm chocolate brown with nar- 

 row whitish shaft lines, the lower back waved with dusky brown cross bars ; quills 

 dusky brown. Adult female similar to the male in color. Young: Nearly uniform 

 reddish brown ; upper tail coverts more yellowish brown ; wing coverts like the back; 

 ■ crown of head and sides of face like the back ; under parts of the body deep sandy 

 brown; feet and bill paler. Length 4.40-4.55, culmen .45, wing 2.15-2.30, tail 1.60- 

 1.80, tarsus .60. Hab. Malayan Peninsula. Hawaii, Maui, Oahu; introduced. 



69. M. niso'ria (Temm.). Chinese Sparrow. 



Family DREPAN'IDID^.— Honey-suckers. 

 Genera. 

 a. Bill very strong^ deep and hawfinch-like in form ; depth of bill at base about 

 equal to (never less than) hind toe without the claw; culmen not longer than hind 

 toe with the claw, and never shorter than .50. Length never less than 5.15. 



b. Upper mandible longer than the lower by at least .10; both gonys and 

 culmen strongly curved ; plumage in adult males yellow on the throat. 



C. Wing not exceeding 3.10; culmen strongly curved (parrot-like) and 

 exceeding the lower mandible by the length of the hind claw ; yellow super-loral stripe. 



(Page 53.) Pseudones'tor. 



CC. Wing more than 3.10; culmen curved but not exceeding the lower 

 mandible by more than the length of the hind claw (except rarely in Psittacirostra^ . 



d. Back without any back shaft streaks; head yellow; upper 

 mandible light colored. 



e. Head, neck and chest bright gamboge yellow; primaries 



edged externally with yellow oHye , . r r , (Page 54.) lyOxioi'de^, 



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