DREPANIDID^. 49 



a. General color red, foxy or orange ; no black on lores or forehead. 



b. General color above, scarlet orange, dullest on the mantle; wing coverts, 

 wing and tail feathers brownish black edged externally with dull scarlet orange ; below, 

 uniform scarlet orange, brighter than the back. Female: Greyer on the crown ; loral 

 region dusky whitish ; back greyish with olive tinge, olive most pronounced on the 

 rump and edge of wing and tail feathers ; chin grey ; breast greyish olive, greyer on 

 the sides of body. Young: Similar to female; bill paler than in adults. Length 4.25- 

 4.60, wing 2.40-2.50, tail 1.85-2.05, culmen .42, depth of bill .20, tarsus .77-. 79, toe .60. 

 Hab. Hawaii. 

 PI. XXVIII., 6648, 6642. 91. ly, coccin'ea (Gmel.). Akep'a. 



bb. General color above, orange or foxy. 



C. Uniform orange, brightest on the breast ; more yellow orange on the 

 rump ; primaries and tail feathers blackish brown edged with orange, like the back. 

 Female: Similar, but duller. Young: Back of head and mantle decided grey with 

 slight olive tinge ; rump and breast more olive ; sides greyer olive, very similar to 

 young of L. coccinea. Length about 4.50, wing 2.60, tail 2.00, culmen .40, depth of bill 

 .20, tarsus .80, toe .67. Hab. Maui. 

 PI. XXVIII., 6638. 93. X,. ochra'cea Roths. 



CC. Body, red foxy ; lores blackish ; wings and tail olive brown ; wing 



coverts, quills and tail red-edged ; inner edge of quills and under wing coverts white; 



bill short, triangular, conic; tip straight, acute, whitish; feet brown; tarsus nine 



lines (Grey's description). Gould saj^s "that the whole of the plumage is rich rusty 



red deepening into brownish red on the back Length 4 inches, bill ^5-, wing 2^, 



tail f, tarsus f." Hab. Oahu. 



93. I/, rufa-t^ (Blox.). 



aa. With lores, a ring about the eye, and forehead smoky black; crown gam- 

 boge yellow fading into rich olive and passing into olive green on the mantle and wing 

 coverts ; rump, tail coverts and edge of tail feathers brighter yellowish olive ; edge of 

 primaries like the back; lower parts, including the sides of head, bright gamboge yel- 

 low, passing to olive yellow on the sides of the body ; thighs smoky grey ; wings and 

 tail blackish brown. Female: Similar, except more green in the yellow, and with 

 loral region not as well defined. Young: Greyish green above, grey with a very faint 

 j^ellowish green wash below ; sometimes smoky tips to the feathers ; lores and forehead 

 not well defined; bill lighter. Length 4.50-4.60, wing 2.40-2.50, tail 2.00-2.15, cul- 

 men .43-.45, depth of bill .20, tarsus .85, toe .60. Hab. Kauai. 

 PI. XXIX., 9353, 9361. 94. I/, caeruleiros'tris-" (Wilson). Ou holowai. 



46 Since the above description was written I have had the pleasure of examining the Loxops in the British Museum collet5tions and quite 

 agree with Mr. Rothschild in separating the Oahu species ; and with Mr. Wilson in placing westenholmii. Roths., as a synonym of L. rufa 

 (Blox.). 



47 Should be held sub-generically distinct from the other three members of the genus on account of the stronger bill, smoky loral patch 

 and general color which is always different from typical Loxops, 



Memoirs B, P. B. Museum, Vot. 1., No. 3.-4. L3'-'5 J 



