. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 1'H.«0RN1S. 5 At page 302 of the previous volume would be placed, therefore :— 10 rt. PH^ORNIS. Type. rhajornis, iSclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 327 P. obsciu' Bill o{ Phmornis obscura, to show position of nostrils. Mange. Confined to the Sandwich Islands. 1. PhaBornis obscura. Dusky Flycatcher, LatJi. Gen. 8yn. ii. pt. 1, p. 344. Muscicapa obscura, Gm. S. N. i. p. 945 (ex Lath.) ; Grmj, Gen. B. i. p. 263. Tsenioptera obscura, Cass. Ripl. Exp. p. 155, pi. 9. fig. 3; Dole, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. II. xii. p. 300. Chasiempis obscura, Ilattl. Arch. f. Na
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 1'H.«0RN1S. 5 At page 302 of the previous volume would be placed, therefore :— 10 rt. PH^ORNIS. Type. rhajornis, iSclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 327 P. obsciu' Bill o{ Phmornis obscura, to show position of nostrils. Mange. Confined to the Sandwich Islands. 1. PhaBornis obscura. Dusky Flycatcher, LatJi. Gen. 8yn. ii. pt. 1, p. 344. Muscicapa obscura, Gm. S. N. i. p. 945 (ex Lath.) ; Grmj, Gen. B. i. p. 263. Tsenioptera obscura, Cass. Ripl. Exp. p. 155, pi. 9. fig. 3; Dole, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. II. xii. p. 300. Chasiempis obscura, Ilattl. Arch. f. Natwg. 1852, p. Phaeornis obscura, Sclater, Ibis, 1859, p. 327, et 1871, p. 360; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 347. Eopsaltria (Chasiempis) obscura, Graij, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 22. Eopsaltria obscura, Gray, Hund-l. B. i. p. 390, uo. 5926. Adult male (Ililo, Owhyhee : J. Murray, Voy. of ' Chal- lenger'). General colour above dusky olive-brown, greyer on the forehead and fore part of crown ; wing-coverts and primary-coverts dark brown, edged with the same colour as the back ; quills dark brown, broadly washed with olive-brown externally, and inclining to rufous-brown near the bases ; tail brown ; lores, feathers in front of eye, and fore part of cheeks a little more rufous-brown ; feathers below the eye and ear-coverts dull olive-brown ; cheeks and under surface of body ashy grey, the vent and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts ashy grey shaded with brown ; quills dusky brown below, fulvesceut near the base of the inner web. Total length 7'2 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 4-35, tail 3-2, tarsus 1-3. Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 4, tail 2-9, tarsus 1-3. Hab. Sandwich 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 Bri
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