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SNODGRASS AND HELLER 



throat, inclosing a buffy space between them. Sides of neck buffy. 

 Lower parts buffy whitish, tinged with brownish across the breast, 

 with a few brown spots on the sides of the breast, and darker brown 

 spots along the sides of the abdomen and on the flanks. Under tail 

 coverts whitish, under wing coverts whitish with dark brown centers. 

 Under surface of primaries, secondaries and rectrices paler than above, 

 the primaries and secondaries fading into buffy gray on their inner 

 margins. 



Fe7nale. — Like the male. 



hntnature. — Similar to the adults, but whiter below and thickly 

 spotted across the breast ; under tail coverts buffy ; wing coverts and 

 tertials widely bordered with bright buff and white ; terminal spots on 

 rectrices larger, paler and much more conspicuous. 



We found the species abundant in May about Gardner Bay on Hood 

 and on the adjoining Gardner Island. The Gardner Island on which 

 N. trifasciatus was taken by the Harris expedition is another island of 

 the same name lying near Charles. Our collection contains five adult 

 males, five adult females and several immature birds of both sexes. 



MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF JVeSOmhnUS 



macdonaldi. 



78. NESOMIMUS ADAMSI Ridgway. 



Nesomimus adamsi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, p. 358, 1894 

 (Chatham Island) ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, p. 485, 1896.— Roths- 

 child AND Hartert, Novit. Zool., VI, p. 145, 1899. 



Range. — Chatham. 



Descriptio7i of a Typical Adult. — Back and scapulars light brown, 

 in some specimens almost rusty brown, the feathers with darker cen- 



