. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FIG. 10. P. XANTII01>IIRVS. Upper parts with grey bases to the feathers, and greenish olive ends, giving the back a somewhat greenish grey cast, more inclined to olive on the rump; broad super- loral stripe light yellow; lores dusky, extending backward through the eye; breast canary yellow; abdomen yellowish white; greyish olive on the flanks; under tail coverts with a 3'ellowish tinge; upper mandible blackish ; lower mandible whitish ; bill strongly hooked; gonys much curv
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. FIG. 10. P. XANTII01>IIRVS. Upper parts with grey bases to the feathers, and greenish olive ends, giving the back a somewhat greenish grey cast, more inclined to olive on the rump; broad super- loral stripe light yellow; lores dusky, extending backward through the eye; breast canary yellow; abdomen yellowish white; greyish olive on the flanks; under tail coverts with a 3'ellowish tinge; upper mandible blackish ; lower mandible whitish ; bill strongly hooked; gonys much curved. Female and young: Duller above; yellow of throat not so pronounced. Length , wing , tail , culnien ., depth of bill ., tarsus ., toe .80. Hah, Maui. PL XXIX., 6607. 103. P. xatitho'phrys Roths. Genus PSITTACIROS^TRA FIG. TI. P. PSITTACEA. Head and upper neck, all around, a rich light gamboge yellow, sharply defined against the greenish grey of the mantle and olive grey of the chest; rump olive green; tail and primaries dusky brown edged with olive green; olive on the sides and flanks; abdomen and under tail coverts whitish grey; bill and feet pink; upper mandible ex- ceeding the lower usually by about .15. Female: Upper parts, including head and neck, uiniform olive green; greyish on the neck; under parts greyish white, washed with yellow; under tail coverts white. Yoting: Similar to the female, but more uniform grey above and below, except the abdomen, which is whitish; bill dark. Length 49 The above characSters are sufficietit to separate wihoni from its fellows, sub-getiericatiy at least, if not entillitig it to generic rank. [309]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press
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