HIMATIONE MANA. 



Himatione mana, S. B. Wilson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6,vii. p. 460 (1891). 



Of this new species I only obtained three specimens ; and I must confess that I 

 did not recognize its distinctness from Himatione virens, inhabiting as it does the 

 same localities in Hawaii, until I examined my examples with Professor Newton; 

 while Count T. Salvadori, on looking over the birds in my collection, remarked its 

 similarity to Oreomyza bairdi in the nearly straight bill and the plumage of the 

 underparts, especially in the female. 



Description. — Adult male. Head ashy olive, shading into dull olive-green on the 

 back ; beneath dull greenish buff, except the chin and throat, which are whitish ; 

 wings and tail brown, edged outwardly with olive-green. 



Female. Duller on the upper parts, while the chin and throat beneath are nearly 

 white, the rest of the underparts more buff than in the male. 



Dimensions. — Total length 4-45 inches, wing 2-50, culmen -45, tarsus -70, tail 1-40. 



