350 TIMELnDiE. 



ashy along tho inner web ; iris yellow. Total longtli 8 inches, 

 culmen 1-05, wing 4-25, tail 4, tarsus 1-35. 



The Black-cared Mockiiig-Thrush is peculiar to the Galapagos 

 archipelago, where it inhabits the islands of Chatham, Charles, James, 

 and Indefatigable, 



fl. Ad. sk. Galapagos ( C. Danvin). Zoological Society. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Galapagos. 



c. e ad. sk. Dp. A. Habel [C.]. 



14. Mimus parvTilus. 



Orpheus parvulus, Gould, P. Z. S. 18.37, p. 27. 



Mimus parvulus, Gray in Dane. Voy. '■Beaylc^ Birds, p. 63, pi. 18 



(1841) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 221 (1847) ; Bjy. Consji. i. p. 277 (1850) ; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 345 : Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 262, uo. 3829 ; 



Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 127 ; ^ Scl. 8,- Salt. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 



p. 3 (1873) ; Salv. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 472 (1876) ; SJiM^ie, P. Z. S. 



1877, p. 65. 

 Adult (tj-pe of species). Similar in plumage to M. melanotis, but 

 smaller : " bill and feet obscure nut-brown, the former marked with 

 a iiale spot at base of lower mandible " (Danuin). Total length 

 8 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3'8, tail 3-75, tarsus 1-3. 



Young. Much greyer than the adult, and the head varied with 

 ashy-brown margins to the feathers ; the hinder neck is conspi- 

 cuously lighter, the white sides converging and forming a half- 

 collar ; the rufous rump very distinctly indicated, tho iipper tail- 

 coverts being also shaded with rufous, all tho feathers mottled and 

 having brown centres ; wing-feathers dark brown, all broadly tipped 

 with white, these tips somewhat shaded with rufous on the inner 

 secondaries and greater coverts ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged 

 with grey, tho feathers all shading off into a white tip, broader on 

 the inner web, the outer feather externally edged with whitish ; 

 lores and ear-coverts dark brown, slightly shaded with grey ; a very 

 distinct white eyebrow ; cheeks and under surface of body pure 

 white, the fore neck and breast distinctly spotted with triangular 

 marks of brown. Total length 8-4 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3-95, 

 tail 4, tarsus 1"3. 



The Small Galapagoan Mocking-Thrush is apparently confined to 

 Albemarle Island in the Galapagos archipelago. 



a. Ad. sk. Albemai-le Island, Gala- Zoological Society. (Type 



pagos ( C. Darwin). of M. parvulus.) 



h. Juv. sk. Albemaile Island. Dr. A. Habel [C.]. 



15. Mimus gilvus. 



Tui'dus gilvus, Vieill. Ois. Amer. sept. ii. p. 15, pi. 68 bis (1807) ; 



id. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xx. p. 296 (1818); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. ii. p. 677 (1823). 

 Mimus gilvus, Jard. Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 329 (1847) ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 221 (1847) ; Bp. Cotisp. i. p, 276 (1850) ; 



Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859,.p. 342 ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 9 (1862) ; Gray, 



