view seems to be borne out by Mr. Palmer's account ; he also met with it at Hanalei, 

 on the other side of the island, a district which I did not explore. 



Description. — Adult male. Front and top of the head dark ashy olive, shading into 

 olive on the back, which becomes brighter on the rump ; sides of the face olive, with 

 an indistinct olive line over the eye ; body beneath sulphur-yellow, light primrose on 

 abdomen, the flanks washed with olive ; under tail-coverts olive-yellow ; wing- and 

 tail-quills ashy brown, edged outwardly with olive ; secondaries and wing-coverts ashy 

 brown, very broadly edged with olive ; irides dark hazel ; bill black ; feet bluish 

 black. 



Adult female. Above dingy yellowish buff, the feathers on the head being yellowish 

 olive with black centres ; the yellow mark over the eye more distinct, owing to the 

 blacker lores ; beneath uniform olive-buff. 



In both male and female the edge of wing and wing-lining is white, slightly tinged 

 with primrose-yellow. 



Dimensions. — Adult male. Total length 7*50 inches, wing from carpal joint 3-75, 

 tarsus 1, tail 2, hind toe with claw - 75, middle toe with claw - 95, maxilla following 

 the curve 2-80, chord subtending the curve T75, difference between maxilla and 

 mandible - 30. 



Adult female. Maxilla following the curve 2 - 55 inches, difference between maxilla 

 and mandible - 25. 



-Obs. — Generally resembling H.obscurus (Gm.), but much exceeding it in size and of 

 brighter tint, especially beneath, the abdomen being of a light primrose-yellow. 



