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ORNITHOLOGY. 



Colors. — Male. Front (or forehead) yellow ; throat and entire other 

 under parts bright yellow. Entire upper parts dark olive-brown, very 

 similar to the preceding species, but in the specimen before us, not so 

 much tinged with yellow on the back and rump. Inferior coverts 

 of the wing yellowish-white ; tibise brown, some feathers tipped with 

 3^ellow. 



Hab. — Samoan Islands. — Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington City. 



This species only differs from the preceding in having the throat 

 3'ellow, and uniform with the color of the other under parts of the body, 

 instead of white; In all other respects it sufhciently resembles it to 

 be regarded as specifically the same, and our own opinion would incline 

 us so to consider it. 



Mr. Peale says of this bird : 



" Killed at the Samoan or Navigators Islands, with the last. It is 

 considered to be a distinct species by the natives." 

 Our figure is of the natural size. 



3. EoPSALTRiA ALBiFRONS, Peale. 



Fopsahfia alhlfrons, Peale, Zool. Exp. Exp. Viuceunes, Birds, p. 123 (1st edition, 

 1848). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate X, fig. 2. 



Fronte et gutture ulhis, supra olicaceo-fasca, suhtiis fiava. Long. tot. 6 

 pollices. 



Form. — Very similar to the two preceding species, but apparently 

 smaller. 



DniENSiONS. — Total length (of skin), about five and a half inches ; 

 wing, three and one-fourth inches ; tail, two and a half inches. 



Colors. — Male. Front (or forehead) white ; throat white. Entire 

 upper parts dark olive-brown ; under parts, except the throat, bright- 

 yellow. Much resembling in color generally the two preceding species. 



Hab. — Samoan Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington City. 



