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DREl'ANOl'TERA. 
Synou.: MelÜMiga Merr. — Falcator Tenim. — Vestiaria Flein. — Mellithieptus Less. 
— Hemignathus Liehtst. — Heterorhynchus Lafr. — Himatione Cab. 
Bill more or less long and curved, with the base broad and the sides com- 
pressed to the tip, which is acute; the gonys long and curved; the nostrils basal 
and lateral, with the opening small and covered by a membranous scale. Wings 
moderate; the first quill wanting, the second nearly as long as the third and fourth, 
which are equal and broad. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi longer than the middle 
toe and covered ivith broad scales. Toes moderate; the outer toe rather longer 
than the inner and united at the base; the hind toe long and strong; the claws 
rather short, compressed and acute. — 8 Specc. 
ch loris [Oahu. 
Himatione chlor is Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 99. 
coccinea Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. Tb. 33. Fig. 1. [Ins. Sandvic. 
Certhia coccinea Forster, Gotting. Magaz. 1780. IV. 347. — C. obscura 
Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I.; Vieillot, Oiseaux d'or. Tb. 52. 53. 
Certhia vestiaria Latham, Ind. Ornith. 
Mellisuga coccinea Merrem, Beiträge I. 16. Tf. 4. 
Melithreptus vestiarius Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 181. 
Vestiaria evi, V. akaroa Lesson, Traité Ornith. 300. 
Hemignathus obscurus Lichtenstein, Abhandl.Berl. Akad. 1838. 449. Tf.5. Fig. 1. 
Drepanis vestiaria Hartlaub, Verzeichn. Bremen 16. 
Vestiaria coccinea, V. obscura Lesson, Revue Zool. 1840. 208. — Reichen- 
bach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 254. 
Hemignathus Ellisiana Gray, Handlist Birds Ï. 114. 
Heoro taire. — Akai earoq. 
falcata Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. '==; Arachnothera lotenia. 
lucida Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. [Ins. Sandvic. 
Hemignathus lucidus Lichtenstein, Abhandl. berlin. Akad. 1838. 450. Tf. 5. 
Fig. 2. 3. 
Heterorhynchus olivaceus de Lafresnaye, Mag. Zool. 1839. Ois. Tb. 10. 
Vestiaria heterorhynchus Lesson. 
maculata [Oahu. 
Himatione maculata Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 100. 
olivacea Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. 
paeifica Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. [Ins. Sandvic. 
Certhia paeifica Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 470. — Vieillot, Oiseaux d'or. Tb. 63. 
Hoohoo Cooks last Voy. III. 119. 
Merops jaunoir Levaillant, Promer. Guêp. 45. Tb. 19. 
Vestiaria hoho Lesson — ? 
Vestiaria paeifica Lesson, Revue Zool. 1840. 208. 
Hoho. Oo. 
rufa Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. [Ins. Sandvic. 
Nectarinia rufa Bloxam, Byr. Voy. 250. — Voy. Sulphur Tb. 
Himatione rufa Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 255. 
sail guinea Gray, Genera Birds I. 95. [Oahu. 
Certhia sanguinea Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 479. — Vieillot, Oiseaux d'or. 
128. Tb. 66. 
Certhia virens Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 479. — Vieillot, Oiseaux d'or. Tb. 67. 
Petrodroma sanguinea Vieillot. 
Nectarinia byronensis Griffith, Anim. Kingd. VII. 390. 
Nectarinia flava Bloxam, Byr. Voy. 250. 
Drepanis flava Gray, Zool. Miscell. I. 12. 
Phyllornis tonganensis Lesson. 
Himatione sanguinea, H. virens Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 29. 
Himatione flava Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Ornith. I. 255. 
DREPANOPTERA holosericea Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLII. 834. == 
Ptilinopus holosericeus Hartl. 
