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b". No white extending on to the outer web of 

 the first to the fifth quills ; sixth quill with 

 a little white adjoining the white shaft- 

 mark ; upper tail-coverts white, tipped with 



black osculans, p. 111. 



b'. Quill-lining blackish, with no white markings 

 on the inner webs of the primaries. 

 c". Back glossy black like the head ; edge of 

 wing black. 

 a'". Lower back and rump pure white like 

 the upper tail-coverts, the latter broadly 

 tipped with black ; some of the inner 

 secondaries edged with white, but none 

 of them entirely pure white ; feet pink., longirost ris, p. 112. 

 b'" '. Lower back and rump black like the rest 

 of the upper surface ; upper tail-coverts 

 pure white with small black tips ; median 

 secondary quills pure white ; feet yel- 

 lowish leucopus, p. 113. 



Back brown, contrasting with the black head, 

 c'". With some of the median secondaries en- 

 tirely white ; white band on wing very 

 broad and formed by the greater wing- 

 coverts, which are almost entirely white ; 

 thighs pure white. 

 a 4 . A distinct white eye-spot ; under wing- 

 coverts almost entirely white, with dusky 

 tips to the lower primary-coverts ; sixth 

 and seventh primaries marked with 



white on the shaft pnUiatm, p. 114. 



J 4 . White eye-spot less distinct or absent ; 

 under wing-coverts mottled with black 

 along the bend of the wing ; lower 

 primary-coverts almost entirely dusky ; 

 sixth and seventh primaries not marked 

 with white ; chest mottled with black 



spots frazari, p. 117. 



d ' . None of the median secondaries entirely 

 white, but always marked with blackish ; 

 white wing-band much smaller and nar- 

 rower ; thighs marked with black. 

 c 4 . Upper tail-coverts white, mottled with 

 brown ; inner greater coverts white 

 with brown bases ; no white eye-spot ; 

 under tail-coverts pure white ; axillaries 

 pure white ; a large patch of black 

 above the lower primary-coverts, which 

 are dusky ; bend of wing mottled with [p. 1 16. 



black galapagensis, 



d l . Upper tail-coverts entirely brown like 

 the rump, the lateral ones with a little 

 white near the base ; no white eye- 

 spot ; under tail-coverts white, with a 

 great deal of sooty brown towards the 

 ends, the longest ones almost entirely 

 sooty brown ; axillaries white, mottled 

 with brown ; bend' of wing black, as 



