AVIFAUNA OF LAYSAN, ETC. 



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THE GENUS DREPANOKHAMPIIUS. 



If the genera Drepanis and Hetnignathus, Vestiaria, Himatione, and Cklorodrepanis, Loxops 

 and Oreovnyza are separated, then it is necessary also to separate the wonderful "Drepanis 

 funerea " of Professor Newton from Drepanis. 



Drepanorhamphm, as I propose to call this genus, wants the elongated and loosely- 

 webbed under tail-coverts, which, owing to their bright yellow colour, are so conspicuous in 

 Drepanis pacifica. The bill is actually and comparatively longer, more strongly curved, 

 thicker and higher at base. The culmen is about equal in length to the tail, while it is 

 much shorter than the tail in Drepanis; the operculum of the nostrils is much larger and 

 more elongated than in Drepanis. The upper tail-coverts are shorter and not so stiff and 

 loosely webbed as in Drepanis. 



One species known. 



2 A 



