44 BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



aa. Head, throat and breast bright scarlet vermilion, ricliest on the head ; abdo- 

 men grey-brown ; under tail coverts lighter brown ; upper tail coverts a lighter shade 

 of vermilion than the head ; primaries brownish black edged with buffy ; secondaries 

 brown edged with buffy and vermilion. Female: Similar, but paler. Young: Dull 

 brown above and light ash on the under parts. Lighter than H. sanguinea^ and with 

 a shorter bill. Length about 5.25, wing 2.48-2.65, tail 2.25-2.40, culmen .50-55, 

 depth of bill .20, tarsus .80-.85, toe .70. Hab. Laysan. 



75. H. freethi Roths. I/aysan Honey-eater. 



Genus CIR'IDOPS Wii^son. 



Breast, wings, tail and forehead black ; occiput and upper part of mantle silvery 



grey, shading into smoky grey-brown on the mantle ; lower breast, rump, upper tail 



coverts and median wing coverts bright scarlet ; under tail coverts rich brown. Sexes 



and young unknown. Length about 5.50, wing 3.30, tail 2.20, culmen .40, tarsus .75, 



toe .70, hallux with claw .65. Hab. Hawaii. 



76. C. anna (Dole). TJlaaihawane. 



Genus CHIyORODRieP'ANIS Perkins. 



Upper parts olive ; lower parts more or less olive or yellow ; bill curved ; first 

 primary wanting ; second primary equal to or longer than the third and fourth ; nasal 

 opercula overhung at the base by a few weak bristles ; fifth quill equal to or longer 

 than the first. Young: Duller and very similar in color, usually greyish olive on 

 the back. 



a. Wing never less than 2.35, bill perceptibly decurved. 



b. Adults larger in size with stronger bills; beak not less than .60; wing 

 in males not less than 2.55. 



C. With scarcely a trace of black on the chin at the base of the lower 

 mandible ; lores blackish with a yellowish super-loral stripe ; scarcely a trace of black 

 at base of upper mandible ; upper parts olive green, yellowest on the rump ; forehead 

 yellower olive than the crown ; primary coverts, wing and tail feathers brown edged 

 with olive ; lower parts golden green, almost lemon yellow ; bill strongest of the seven 

 species. Female very similar. Length about 4.50-4.85, wing 2.62-2.70, tail i. 62-1. 70, 

 culmen .72-.75, depth of bill .25, tarsus .92, toe .70. Hab. Kauai. 

 PI. XXIX., 9396. 77. C. stejneg'eri (Wilson). Kauai Amaki'hi. 



CC. With a fairly distinct, narrow, ill-defined, blackish band about the 

 base of the beak ; lores blackish ; yellow super-loral stripe not reaching quite to the 

 base of the beak. 



d. Trifle larger; tarsus .82-.95 ; centre of breast yellower; upper 

 parts dark olive green, yellowest on the rump, darkest on the head; lower parts fine 

 yellow, yellowest on the chest; thighs grey; wing coverts, wing and tail feathers 



brownish black edged with olive. Female: Above greyish olive, greyest on the head, 



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