AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN, ETC. 



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28. CHLORODREPANIS STEJNEGERI {mu.). 



AMAKIHI OF KAUAI. 



"?Himatione chloris, Cab./' Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 96 (Kauai). 



Himatione stejnegeri, Scott Wilson, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 446; id. & Evans, Aves Hawaiienses, pt. iii. text 

 & plate (1892). 



In general colour like Chlorodrepanis virens (Gm.), but always easily distinguishable by its 

 large beak, which is very high and broad at base. Culmen 0*75 to 0*8 inch, wing 2 57 

 to 2*7, tail 165 to 1*72, tarsus ! 85 to 09. 



The female seems to be similar to the male ; and one young specimen, shot on March 24th, 

 1891, is marked female and is the brightest in plumage of all before me. Most of the 

 females before me, however, are somewhat less greenish above and have shorter bills, 

 but this is not constant in my series. 



This species was first separated by Wilson, I. c. It seems to be generally distributed over 

 the island of Kauai wherever there is thick bush wood or forest, but is perhaps less numerous 

 than some of its allies on other islands. 



It feeds on insects and nectar, but Palmer saw it once feeding on an over-ripe banana, 

 from which it may have sucked the juice. 



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