AVIFAUNA OP LAYSAN, ETC. 



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PART II. 



Add :— 



PHiEORNIS OAHENSIS, Wilson Foam. 



Tardus sandwichensis, var., Bloxam, Voy. 'Blonde/ Appendix, p. 250 (1826) (Oahu). 

 PJueornis oahensis, Wilson & Evans, Avcs Hawaii., Introduct. p. xiii (1891)). 

 Ph. oahuensis, iid. t. c. p. xxiv. 



We know nothing of this evidently extinct bird, except the short description of Bloxam of 

 what he called " Turdus sandwichensis var. from Oahu." 



The description is as follows : — 

 " Length 7h inches. Upper parts olive-brown, extremities of the feathers much lighter 



colour ; tail and wings brown j bill bristled at the base." 



PELEORNIS PALMER I, Bothsch. 



Antea, Ft. II. p. 67 ; Wilson & Evans, Aves Hawaii, pt. vi. (text & plate) (1896). 



Mr. Perkins procured several specimens of this species, from which I find that my type 

 specimen is not fully adult. Messrs. Wilson and Evans state that Mr. Gay reported this bird 

 from a skin subsequently destroyed by rats. The truth is that, though very badly injured, 

 the specimen forming the type of the species and described in Part II. of this work is the 

 one seen by Mr. Gay. 



Palmer only succeeded afterwards in getting two young birds barely fledged. 



Messrs. Wilson and Evans give a very fair figure of the adult and semi-adult birds in 

 Part vi. of their ' Aves Hawaiienses ' (1896). 



The Genus CHASIEMPIS (antea, p. 69). 



Mr. Scott Wilson has given in Part vi. of the ' Aves Hawaiienses ' (1896) a full account 

 and plates of the three recognized species of this genus. I am glad to see that Mr. Wilson's 

 conclusions fully agree with mine. I have, however, no doubt as to the " Spotted-winged 

 Flycatcher" of Latham (Iluscicapa macidata, Gmelin) belonging as a synonym to 

 Chasienqris sandwichensis. In Part vii. Mr. Wilson figures the eggs of a Chasiempis spec. ? 

 and a photograph of the nest. Nest and eggs agree with those of Ch. gayi described antea 

 p. 76, and figured in this number. It is curious how Mr. Wilson could know that these eggs 

 belonged to a Chasiempis, as he apparently does not even know the island they came from, 

 or else he would have known the species. 



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