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stouter and more curved bill. Its habits probably do not differ in 

 any essential respects from those of the species just described. 



Description. — Adult male. Entire upper surface bright olive-green; 

 lores blackish; primaries, secondaries and tail smoky brown; throat, 

 breast and sides lemon yellow, passing into whitish on the belly and under 

 tail-coverts. Length about 4.40 inches; bill about .65; strongly curved. 

 Female similar but duller. 



Chlorodrepanis parva (Stejneger). Alawi; Anauanii. 



This species is an inhabitant only of the island of Kauai where 

 it was first obtained by Mr. Knudsen. According to Wilson it is 

 found throughout the forest region, and has been taken by Mr. 

 Francis Gay towards the summit of Waialeale (4,000 feet), the 

 highest point on the island. 



I see no reason for the removal of this species from the genus 

 Chlorodrepanis. It is true that it has a nearly straight bill. It 

 must not be overlooked that the bills of the other members of the 

 Chlorodrepanis group differ considerably inter se (more especially 

 the bills of stejnegeri and virens) and, in respect of itS' curvature 

 of bill, parva seems to connect Chlorodrepanis with Oreomyza. 

 In its other features, however, parva seems to be strictly congen- 

 eric with chloris, stejnegeri and virens. The character of the 

 tongue alone is sufficient to show that it does not belong in 

 Oreomysa. Parva seems, indeed, to be closely related to C. virens, 

 from which it is chiefly to be distinguished by its smaller size and 

 its shorter and straighter bill. ~ 



Description. — Adult. Entire upper surface and sides of body as well as 

 the outer edges of quills and tail feathers bright yellowish olive-green, 

 inclining to olive-yellow on the forehead, region above the lores, super- 

 cilia, and rump ; trace of a dusky line between bill and eye ; under surface, 

 including under tail-coverts, bright olive yellow; middle of abdomen, 

 tibiae, axillaries, and under-wing coverts v/hite, except those of the latter 

 nearest to the edge of the wing, which are bright yellow; quills blackish, 

 edged in the outer web with yellowish olive, in the inner one with white. 

 Length about 4.30. (Stejneger.) 



Oreomyza mana (Wilson). Olive-green Creeper. 



This little olive-green bird in certain districts of Hawaii is com- 



