

Its breast was of a brilliant yellow, far brighter in tint than the plumage of any other 

 species I had previously obtained ; its legs and bill were a light pink : in dissecting it 

 I found some small larvse." 



No words of mine can convey an idea of the difficulty and danger of collecting in 

 the mountains of Lanai ; this is due to the almost impenetrable bush which covers the 

 upland plateau, to the fogs which render riding extremely dangerous, and to the rains 

 which make the nearly perpendicular mountain-trails treacherous even to a sure-footed 

 Lanai horse ; indeed, inured as I was to " steep bits " in my island travels, I must 

 confess that the first trip we made into these solitudes surprised me. I must here 

 mention that the discovery of this interesting species is due to the kindness of my friend 

 Mr. Henry Gibson, in kindly acting as our guide on our explorations, and also to 

 the late Mr. Jesse Morehead's invariable kindness to me during a stay of some weeks' 

 duration under Mr. F. H. Hayselden's hospitable roof. 



Description. — Adult male. Forehead, sides of the face, and throat deep lemon-yellow, 

 shading into a lighter tint of yellow on the breast and abdomen, the lower part of 

 which is white ; under tail-coverts deep lemon-yellow ; upper parts, with the exception 

 of the rump, which is yellow, are dull greenish yellow ; primaries (of which the second 

 is much shorter than the fourth and fifth, which are equal) ashy brown, edged with dull 

 yellow ; wing-lining white, tinged with clear yellow ; tail-quills ashy brown edged with 

 dull yellow ; bill light pinkish ; feet slender, of the same colour as the bill. 



Adult female. Similar in general colour to the male, though the underparts are of a 

 very light shade of lemon-yellow instead of the deep yellow of the male. 



Dimensions. — Total length 4 inches, wing from carpal joint 2-25, culmen -35, tarsus 

 •70, tail 2-75. 



Obs. — The bill in curve approaches nearest to Oreomyza and in size to Himatione 

 parva, Stejn. 



