late Mr. Mills, goes on to say that M. Bailleu had observed a brown variety which might 

 be the female. As I have elsewhere remarked, M. Bailleu made his collections in Kona 

 (the place where my first two specimens were obtained), while those in the Mills 

 cabinets were probably procured in the vicinity of Olaa. I have examined the birds 

 in the British Museum of Natural History, obtained by Bloxam, and that described by 

 Gould in the Voyage of the ' Sulphur,' and find that they are identical with mine, 

 though the brilliant orange has faded to a great extent. 



Description. — Adult male. General colour of the whole of the upper surface scarlet- 

 orange, inclining to a brownish tint on the back ; lower surface also scarlet-orange 

 but of brighter hue, especially towards the abdomen ; wing-quills and tail dusky 

 brown edged with brownish orange ; wing-lining whitish washed with light scarlet- 

 orange ; irides dark hazel ; bill bluish black ; feet black. 



Dimensions. — Adult male. Total length 4'5 inches, wing from carpal joint 2-45, 

 culmen - 35, tarsus - 85, tail 1-65. 



Obs— Of my five specimens none were females, so I am unable to say whether the 

 sexes differ. 



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