HAWAIIAN BIRDS. 45 



Chlorodrepanis wilsoni Rothschild. Maui Amakihi. 



Under the above name Mr. Rothschild has separated the Maui 

 amakihi, considering that it has a larger bill than virens of Ha- 

 waii on the one hand, and is somewhat differently colored from 

 chloris of Oahu on the other, a view apparently accepted by Mr. 

 Wilson. The writer also is inclined to consider this view correct, 

 though his present material is only sufficient to show that the Maui 

 bird is remarkably like virens. Though the bill of Maui specimens 

 appears to average larger than that of virens, yet I suspect that 

 individuals may occur which it will be impossible to determine 

 without knowing the island whence derived. In the juvenile 

 plumage Maui birds seem to be much greyer than the similar 

 stage of virens from Olaa. I have not compared skins from Maui 

 with the Oahu bird. 



Mr. Rothschild, with material before him from Molokai and 

 Lanai, declines to admit the validity of Wilson's Chlor. kalaana 

 and chloridoides, a view which I shall accept for the present. 



I found wilsoni to be rare in June on the slopes of Haleakala 

 above S,ooo feet, but to be commoner below that elevation. Its 

 habits and notes seem to be much like those of virens of Hawaii. 

 The old birds were leading about their families of young which 

 were fully fledged. 



Chlorodrepanis chloris (Cabanis). Oahu Amakihi. 



This is the Oahu amakihi. Probably its habits differ in no 

 essential respects from those of its allies. According to Mr. Scale 

 the bird is not rare on the timbered mountain ridges and in the 

 gulches. 



Description. — Adult male. Above bright yellowish-green, with black 

 •forehead and lores; wjngs and tail brownish-grey, edged with green; 

 below golden yellow. Length 4,5 inches. 



Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri (Wilson). Stejneger's Amakihi. 



This is one of two species found upon Kauai, both of which 

 are known to the natives by the name of amakihi. This bird 

 possesses a more robust form than any of its congeners and. a 



