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October. Dr. Banr procnred also a specimen on (iaidner Island, near Hood Island, 

 a small island in front of Gardner Bay. This island has nothing to do with the 

 other Gardner Island, near Charles Island. This latter one is marked on the chart, 

 the one near Hood not. Dr. Baur visited only Gardner Island near Hood Island, 

 Harris' expedition the one near Charles Island. The existence of these two Gardner 

 Islands has led Mr. Kidgway to make his note on j). 4s4, doubting Dr. Banr's state- 

 ment that he got X mwdomdiH on (Jardner Island. The specimen is not lost at 

 Guayaquil, nor are most of the other specimens said to be lost by Mr. Hidgway. 

 Mr. Ridgway has evidently only received for examination the skins and a small 

 portion of the spirit-specimens. Dr. Banr lias now published a carefnl list of the 

 specimens actually lost by him at Guayaquil, and all the other spirit-birds are in 

 our collection. 



3. Nesomimus adamsi Uidgw. 



.V. (ulams,, Ridgw.iy in rvoc. V.S. Xal. .U„.<. XVII. p. .358 (1894) ; XIX. p. 487 (1896). 

 {Mimus imliiiiiitix partim Gould, .Sundevall and Ridgway 1.S89.) 



This mocking-thrnsh is an inhabitant of Chatham Island, where it has been known 

 to exist since 1841, bnt was then confounded with X melanotis. It differs, however, 

 clearly from the latter in having a more or less developed black lino on each side 

 of the throat, under the ear-coverts, sometimes running up to the base of the bill. 

 Across the chest a dusky shade, in which are a number of brown spots, thus forming 

 an indistinct band across the chest. There are, however, a few specimens in which 

 this band is hardly indicated at all. The ear-coverts are just as black as, but 

 certainly not blacker than, in S. melanotis. The pileum is often, but not always, 

 ligliter than in X. viehmotis. In the young the feathers of the back and rump are 

 broadly margined with i)ale rusty cinnamon, and the foreueck, chest, and sides of 

 body are thickly spotted with black, as in a European song-thrush. " Iris yellowish.'" 

 It is somewhat arbitrary whether this form is placed in the same section with 

 T. macdomdiU or with S. mehmotia : we have therefore not given it a trinomial 

 name for the present, although it is hardly more than a subspecies. We have the 

 tj'pe and three skius from Dr. Banr, as well as some spirit-specimens from the 

 same collector, and Harris' party found the bird common on Chatham Island. 

 They were in good plumage in October. Some skins are strongly wasiied with 

 buff, but this is evidently due to some external process. 



4. Nesomimus melanotis personatus Uidgw. 



N. persoiiatus Eidgw. iu Ptoc. L'.S Xal. .)/us. XII. p. 104 (1890) ; XIX. p. 488 (189C). 



This form is very mucii like S. melanotis mdatwtis, but differs in being slightly 

 larger and darker above, with the flanks more tinged with brown. .Sides of the 

 neck less widely white. " Iris yellowish." 



This form was discovered on Abingdon by the naturalists of the Albatross. 

 Messrs. Baur & Adams obtained several which were put in spirits of wine, and 

 Mr. Harris' exj)edition met with it on the same island, where it was not rare. 



