AVIFAUNA OF LATSAN, ETC. 



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2. PH^ORNIS MYIADESTINA, Stej, 



KAMAO. 



Phceornis myadestina, Stcjncgcr, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 90 (excellent minute description) ; id. op. 



cit. 1889, p. 383; Wilson, Ibis, 1890, p. 195. 

 Phaornis myiadestina, Scl. Ibis, 1888, p. 143 j Wilson, Arcs Ilawaiicnscs, pt. ii. text & pi. 



Adult male. Above dull hair-brown with an olive tinge, different from the colonr of the back 

 of Phceornis obscura, and somewhat more olive; sides of the head dull tawny, bordered 

 with dusky. Quills deep brown, edged externally with rusty olive, but the second to 

 the fifth greyish brown near the tips. The inner primaries and most of the secondaries 

 have a very peculiar pattern ; the shaft is brown above, whitish below ; the inner webs 

 are dark brown, except on the basal third, which is very pale buff. The outer web is 

 bright russet, except near the tip, where it is only margined with russet, and crossed 

 behind the middle by a blackish band. Lower parts of a light smoky grey, lighter than 

 in Ph. obscura, and somewhat motley in appearance, of which character nothing is seen 

 in Ph. obscura, shading into white on the vent. Middle tail-feathers like the back ; 

 three outer tail-feathers with a white mark at the tip, very long and gradually shading 

 into the brown on the outer pair, very small on the third pair. Under tail-coverts pure 

 white. Bill black ; iris brown ; tarsi and feet dark brown, soles pale yellow. Total 

 length nearly 8 inches, wing 4*05 to 425, tail 33 to 3'G, culmen 0*57 to 0"6, breadth of 

 bill just behind nostril 0*35, middle toe without claw 0*7, tarsus 1*2 to 1*25. 



The adult female is entirely similar to the male in colour, and my series does not bear out 

 any constant difference in size. 



Young birds arc similar in colour to those of Phceornis obscura (Gni.), but are distinguished 

 from them by the whitish marks on the outer tail-feathers and the much broader bill, 

 the latter characterizing the Kauai bird. 



The young bird is figured on the Plate. It is a little older than that of Ph. obscura, I 

 believe, but the youngest I possess. That of Ph. lanaiensis^ilson, figured on the same 

 Plate, is the youngest of the three. 



Ifab. Island of Kauai. 



