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this all day long, so that no one with ears to hear need ever be 

 in any doubt as to the identity of elepaio. It has, besides, several 

 call-notes, one of which is a true flycatcher-like whit. 



It is a most 'active little bird and is busy about something the 

 day long, now engaged in searching every nook and crevice for 

 insects, now chasing a comrade in play in and out of the leafy for- 

 est coverts. 



Description. — Adult. Above rufous brown; upper tail-coverts white; 

 forehead, lores and superciliary stripe white or (in most specimens from 

 the windward side of island) chestnut; wing coverts white, spotted with 

 black; feathers black at base, more or less white tipped, especially in 

 females; sides of body and chest reddish brown; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts white; outer edge of outer tail feather mostly white; inner web 

 white for nearly half its length. Length 5.50-5.75. 



Juv. plumage. Above ochraceous brown; upper tail-coverts ochraceous; 

 wing-coverts brown tipped with ochraceous ; under parts brown and buff y ; 

 abdomen greyish white. 



Chasiempis gayi Wilson. Oahu Elepaio. 



This is the elepaio of Oahu and is one of the commonest, if 

 not the commonest, of all the small native birds left on the island. 

 This is what might be expected from its habits, and it is probable 

 that when most of the Hawaiian birds are extinct the elepaio will 

 long continue to maintain itself in scarcely diminished numbers. 

 So long as any woodland at all is left elepaio will hold its own. 



Description. — Adult. Above brown, slightly tinged with tawny ochra- 

 ceous buff; forehead, ear-coverts and an ill-defined line above the eye 

 ochraceous buff; rump and upper tail-coverts white; quills deep brown 

 narrowly edged with pale brown on the outer webs and broadly edged 

 with white inwardly. Rectrices blackish brown, largely tipped with white. 

 Feathers of the chin, throat, and upper breast black more or less tipped 

 with white. Abdomen and under tail-coverts white; breast and sides of 

 body washed with brown. Length about 5.50 inches. 



Juv. plumage. Above tawny ochraceous brown, bright tawny ochraceous 

 on the upper tail-coverts. (Rothsch.). 



Chasiempis schlateri Ridgway. Kauai Elepaio. 



Three only of the islands are favored by the presence of a 

 species of this genus.< Molokai and Maui for some reason, are 



