

CIKIDOPS ANNA. 



ULAAIHAWANE. 



Fringilla anna, Dole, Hawaiian Almau. 1879,, p. 49, (reprinted) Ibis, 1880, p. 241. 

 " Ciridops , Wilson," Nature, xlv. p. 469 (17 March, 1892). 



Judge Dole's original account of this species is as follows : — " Not previously described. 

 5^ in. long. Bill short, straight. Toes 3 front, 1 back. Wing-coverts and breast red ; 

 throat, primaries and tail black ; secondaries white ; head grey, merging into white on 

 the upper part of the neck, and grey again on the back. Habitat Hawaii. Probably 

 belongs to the genus Fringilla. This is a bird of remarkable beauty, its peculiar 

 combination of colours producing a most harmonious and elegant effect." 



I procured a stuffed specimen from the Hon. C. E. Bishop, which had been obtained 

 by the late Mr. Mills of Hilo. Mr. Bishop has a very much finer example remaining, 

 with more grey about the head and neck, taken by the same gentleman. I used to hear 

 repeatedly of the "Ulaaihawane," by which name it is well known to the natives, who 

 told me that it feeds on the fruit of the Hawane palm, whence its name — Ula (red), 

 ai (to eat), Hawane (the Hawane palm) ; and therefore I have little doubt that 

 it will be found, perhaps in some numbers, in the upland region of the interior, 

 which I was unable to explore. The present specimen — now in the collection of the 

 Hon. Walter Bothschild — has not the sex marked; so it is impossible to say whether 

 the male differs from the female or not. My friend Mr. Francis Spencer, writing to 

 me quite recently, says that his natives had seen the bird in the swampy forest-region 

 above Ookala on Hawaii, and his description leaves no doubt of its identity. 



CIRIDOPS l . 



Bill moderate, culmen slightly arched, mandible almost straight, gape deflected. 

 Nostrils covered by a membrane, no rictal bristles, but a few bristly feathers on the chin. 

 Wings with first primary shortest, second, third, and fourth nearly equal. 

 Tail moderate, rectrices nearly equal. 

 Feet fairly strong. 



Feathers of crown short and, with those of the throat, acuminate. Webs of all the 

 feathers, especially on the belly, decomposed. 



Description. — Crown in front black, gradually shading into silvery grey and white on 



1 Emberizse Ciridis, Linncei, faciem habens. 



