6o BIRDS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP. 



CC. Wing more than 4.00 ; feet dark colored ; above, dull brown witli 

 a rusty olive tinge ; sides of bead and ear coverts tawny, always more or less mottled 

 with rusty and grey ; quills blackish, edged externally with rusty olive, which color 

 forms a spot at the base of the inner primaries, below which the blackish tips of 

 the greater wing coverts form a less pronounced spot ; inner edge of the wing feathers 

 without buffy patch; outer edge of each primary for almost its entire length rusty; 

 lower parts dull smoky grey in appearance, shading into whitish on the abdomen ; tail 

 feathers like back, outer three pairs tipped with white or buffy white, pronounced on 

 the tips and gradually fading into the ground color of the web; feet dark brown. 

 Female similar. Young: Similar to P. obscura, but can be distinguished by the mark- 

 ings on the outer web of primaries, the white of the tail, and the broader bill. Length 

 7.50-8.50, wing 4.05-4.18, tail 3.20-3.30, culmen .50-55, depth of bill .22, width of 

 bill .40, tarsus i. 25-1. 32, toe .95, gonys .25. Hub. Kauai. 

 PI. XXVII., 9385. 117. p. myadesti'na Stejn. Kamau'. 



bb. With no conspicuous white markings on the outer tail feathers. 



d. Wing 3.50-3.75 ; color lighter below ; a distinct black patch near 

 the base of the outer web of inner primaries ; above, olive brown with a faint wash of 

 greyish ; head darker ; primaries and tail feathers brown (quills and webs pradlically 

 the same color) , Avith the edge of the outer webs rusty or rusty brown ; outer web of 

 the inner primaries and the secondaries with a distinct black patch, bordered in front 

 and behind by the rusty edges of the feather ; chin and throat pale grey, the grey pass- 

 ing to white on the abdomen ; under tail coverts buffy white ; wing pattern on the 

 inner web of primaries marked at all ages ; no white on outer tail feathers. Female 

 similar. Young: Similar to allied species, but with the wing pattern on the inner web, 

 no white on the tail, and with the black patch on the outer edge of inner primaries as 

 in adults. Length about 7.00-7.50, wing 3.50-3.75, tail 3.25-3.30, culmen .57-.60, 

 depth of bill .22, width of bill .30, tarsus i. 25-1. 30, toe .95, gonys .27. Hab. Lanai, 

 Molokai." 

 PI. XXVII., 8094, 8096. 118. P. lanaien'sis Wilson. Olomau, 



dd. Wing not less than 3.90; color darker below; above, dusky 

 olive brown (fading to hair-brown — Mills specimens); forehead greyer; under parts 

 ash-grey; white on the abdomen and under tail coverts; primaries and tail feathers 

 brown, shaded with dusky olive ; quills of tail feathers umber brown above ; base of 

 secondaries showing a rusty spot ; pattern on the inner web of quills scarcely discerni- 

 ble ; bill and feet blackish ; no white on the tail feathers. Female similar. Young: 

 Spotted like young thrushes ; each feather above is bordered with blackish, and before 

 the blackish border is a more or less triangular buff spot ; the feathers below are buffy 

 white and broadly bordered with blackish brown (Rothschild). 



53 The form from Molokai should probably be separated as a sub-species. No specimens from Molokai at hand. 



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