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infusion on the belly and flanks. Yomio- duller and gi-e3'er. Length 5.50-5.75, wing 

 3.20-3.35, tail 1.85-2.00, culmen .85-1.03, tarsus .90-96, toe .85. Hab. Hawaii. 

 PI. XXIX., 6632, 6630. 102. H. wil'soni^ Roths. 



Genus PSi^UDONBS'TOR Rothschild. 



FIG. 10. p. XANTHOPHRYS. 



Upper parts with grey bases to the feathers, and greenish olive ends, giving the 

 back a somewhat greenish grey cast, more inclined to olive on the rump ; broad super- 

 loral stripe light yellow ; lores dusky, extending backward through the eye; breast 

 canary yellow ; abdomen yellowish white ; greyish olive on the flanks ; under tail coverts 

 with a yellowish tinge ; upper mandible blackish ; lower mandible whitish ; bill strongly 

 hooked ; gonys much curved. Female and yoimg : Duller above ; yellow of throat not 

 so pronounced. Length 5.15-5.50, wing 2.70-2.90, tail i. 75-1. 90, culmen .65-.85, 

 depth of bill .55-.65, tarsus .85-87, toe .80. Had. Maui. 

 PI. XXIX., 6607. 103. p. xantho'phrys Roths. 



Genus PSITTACIROS'TRA Temminck. 



FIG. II. p. PSITTACEA. 



Head and upper neck, all around, a rich light gamboge yellow, sharply defined 

 against the greenish grey of the mantle and olive grey of the chest ; rump olive green; 

 tail and primaries dusky brown edged with olive green ; olive on the sides and flanks; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts whitish grey ; bill and feet pink ; upper mandible ex- 

 ceeding the lower usually by about .15. Female: Upper parts, including head and 

 neck, uniform olive green; greyish on the neck; under parts greyish white, washed 

 with yellow ; under tail coverts white. Young: Similar to the female, but more uniform 

 grey above and below, except the abdomen, which is whitish; bill dark. Length 6.30- 



-*9Tlie above charac5lers are sufficient to separate wihoni from its fellows, siib-generically at least, if not entitling it to generic rank. 



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