Part v

. 1837, p. 27.

_M. vertice, nuchâ, dorsoque pallidè fuscis; plumis capitis et dorsi ad medium colore saturatiore; alis intensè fuscis, singulis plumis ad marginem pallidioribus, secundariis, tectricibusque majoribus notâ albâ terminali, fascias duas transversas facientibus; caudæ rectricibus nigrescenti-fuscis ad apicem albis, loro, plumisque auricularibus nigrescenti-fuscis; laterum plumis notâ fuscâ centrali, abdomine albo; rostro pedibusque nigris._

Long tot. 9½ unc.; _rost._ 1¼; _alæ_, 4½; _caudæ_, 4½; _tarsi_, 1⅜.

The vertex, nape of the neck and the back, pale brown; the feathers of the head and the back, as far as the middle, of a darker colour; the wings intensely brown, with the margins of each of the feathers paler; the secondaries and the greater wing-coverts terminated with white marks, giving the appearance of two transverse bands; the feathers of the tail blackish brown, with the tips white; the lores and the feathers of the ears blackish brown, the feathers of the sides with a central brown mark, the abdomen white; the bill and feet black.

Habitat, Chatham and James’s Islands, Galapagos Archipelago. (_October._)

[Illustration:

_Birds. Pl. 16._

_Mimus trifasciatus._ ]

[Illustration:

_Birds. Pl. 17._

_Mimus melanotis._ ]

[Illustration:

_Birds. Pl. 18._

_Mimus parvulus._ ]

6. MIMUS PARVULUS. _G. R. Gray._

PLATE XVIII.

Orpheus parvulus. _Gould_, in Proc. of Zool. Soc.