_Fringilla rufa_ Bloxam, Voy. "Blonde" p. 250 (1826).
_Loxops wolstenholmei_ Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club I, p. LVI
(1893--Oahu).
_Loxops rufa_ Wilson, Aves Hawaiienses part VI, plate and text (1896);
Rothschild, Avif. of Laysan, etc., p. 177 (1900).
This form of _Loxops_ is only found on Oahu, where it is doubtless very
rare now, if not already extinct. The last known specimen was shot on April
20th, 1893, in the mountains of the Wailua district, on Oahu, and is in my
collection. This is the only specimen obtained by the efforts of recent
collectors, and, if any should still exist, we may suppose that their fate
is sealed.
_L. c. rufa_ differs from _L. coccinea coccinea_ of Hawaii by its smaller
size and more brownish, somberer coloration.
We know of specimens in the British Museum, including the type of Bloxam's
_Fringilla rufa_, in Liverpool, Philadelphia, Berlin, Berlepsch Castle,
Vienna and Tring.
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