DREPANIDID^. 41 



hh. Culmen not very long nor remarkably 

 curved ; both of the mandibles of pra6lically the same length. 



tn. With a more or less 



prominent crest; length more than 6.50 (Page 43.) Palme'ria. 



mm. Without crest; adult 

 birds either crimson or yellowish olive; length less than 6.50. 



n. General color crim- 

 son, or with more or less red cast to the plumage ; bill and feet black or blackish. 



(Page 43.) Himati'one. 

 nn. General color yel- 

 lowish olive or olive grey ; upper mandible brown or bluish slate at the base. 



O. The bill but slight- 

 ly curved; culmen more than .75; wing more than 2.95; bill bluish slate. 



(Page 46.) Viridon'ia. 

 00. The bill curved ; 

 culmen less than .75; wing less than 2.95; upper mandible brown. 



(Page 44.) Chlorodrep'anis. 

 ^^. Bill pradlically straight, or where questionable 

 less than .50; wing less than 3.40. 



p. Bill bluish horn 

 at the base (finch-like), sometimes slightly crossed at the tip; feet black or blackish. 



q. Lores not black; 

 neck above and below nearly uniform in color ; crown never gamboge yellow. 



(Page 48.) I/Ox'opS, 

 qq. Lores black; 

 color of neck above and below different; crown gamboge yellow in adults. 



(Page 48.) Chrysomit'ridops." 

 pp. Bills of various 

 forms, but not bluish horn at the base; feet brown or pinkish in life. 



r. Breast, wings 



and tail black, with red on under parts; length 5.50 (Page 44.) Cir'idopS. 



rr. The breast, 

 wing and tail not black; no red in the plumage; length less than 5.50. 



S. Larger; the 

 wing more than 2.30; outer primary (first primary wanting) as short or shorter than 



the fifth from the outer (Page 46.) Oreomy'ija. 



SS. Smaller; 

 wing less than 2.30; outer primary equal to the fifth from the outer; bill slender, very 

 slightly decurved; never more than .55 (Page 46.) Rothschild'ia.^* 



Genus DRBP'ANIS Temminck. 



With yellow on the rump and upper tail coverts ; both mandibles pradlically the 

 same length and strongly curved; culmen more than equal to the tarsus in length; 



37 Included under the genus Loxops; see page 48. 



38Umted with the genus Chlorodrepanis, the single species thereby becoming Chlorodi epanib parva (Stejn.). 



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