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BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



Genus CHI,0'RID0PS Wilson. 



FIG. 14. C. KONA. 



Female: Above, decided olive green, more olive on the upper tail coverts, and 



with dark centres to the feathers of the head, producing a scaled appearance ; under 



parts of the abdomen and flanks yellowish olive ; under tail coverts whitish ; quills and 



tail feathers brown with olive edgings on the outer web ; bill extremely thick and 



clumsy. (Male probably brighter?) Length 6.00-6.50, wing 3.30-3.45, culmen .70, 



depth of bill .70, width of bill .60, tarsus ,85-.90, toe .85. Hab. Hawaii. 



109. C. ko'na Wilson. 



Family MBI/IPHAG'ID^.— Honey-eaters. 



Genera. 



With no white feathers about the eye ; nostrils operculate ; first primary about 



half the length of the second ; secondaries three-fourths the length of the wing ; tip of 



the wing formed by the fourth, fifth and sixth primaries. (Sub-family MeliphagincB.) 



a. Smaller; wing less than 5.00; tail black or brownish black ; with or without 



pectoral tufts . (Page 56.) Moho.^' 



aa. Larger; wing more than 5.00; tail brown or greenish brown. 



(Page 58.) Chsetop'tila. 



Genus MOHO I^esson. 



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FIG. 15. M. NOBILIS. 



a. With no yellow pectoral tufts ; tail feathers uniform blackish without any 

 trace of white on the outer pair ; crown black with a greyish cast ; upper surface brown 



5^ Since it is doubtful if Moho should ever have been set aside, to accord with the Stricklandian code, and since it is certain that by the 

 A. O. U. code Moho would stand against Aa^iocejrus, it is preferable to use the former name for this genus, 



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