118 CHA.RADEIID.ffi. 



Adult. Very similar to II. galapagensis aud of the same dark 

 chocolate-brown colour, but with a remarkably small bill. None 

 of the inner primaries white-shafted, agreeing in this respect with 

 H. galapagensis and H. frazari, but differing from both in the 

 colour of the upper tail-coverts, which are blackish brown, and of the 

 under tail-coverts, which are smudged with sooty brown for the 

 greater part ; the greater coverts are tipped with white only, 

 forming a very narrow band, and none of the inner secondaries are 

 entirely white, but they have on the contrary a great deal of black 

 at the ends on the outer webs : " bill dark pink ; legs and feet 

 greenish yellow ; iris light orange " (27. Durnford). Total length 

 16 inches, culmen 2 - 55, wing 9-7, tail 3-6, tarsus 1*9. 



Hah. Patagonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Tambo Point, Patagonia, Jan. 3. H. Durnford, Esq. 



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9. Hsematopus unicolor. 



Hsematopus unicolor, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1230 ; Forster, Descr. 

 Anim. p. 112 (1844) ; Gray, List Grallce Brit.Mus. p. 73 (1844); 

 id. Voy. Ereb. # Terr., Birds, p. 12, pi. 10 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. 

 iii. p. 547 (1847) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 420 (1856) ; Gray, Ibis, 

 1862, p. 235 (New Zealand) ; Scld. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, 

 p. 75 (1865: K.E. Australia) ; Button, Ibis, 1870, p. 398 (Auck- 

 land) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 22, no. 10063 (1871) ; Finsch, 

 J. f. 0. 1872, p. 170 (New Zealand) ; Butter, B. New Zeal. p. 225 

 (1873) ; Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 120 ; Harvie-Broim, Ibis, 1874, p. 96 

 (New Zealand) ; Sharpe, Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr., Birds, App. p. 30, 

 pi. 10 (1875) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 187 (1878) ; 

 Buller, B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 18 (1888); Seebokm, Geoyr. 

 Distr. Charadr. p. 308 (1888); Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. B. 

 p. 19 (1888 : Australia generally) ; North, Nests # Eggs Austr. 

 B. p. 300, pi. xx. fig. 2 (1889) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1893, p. 545 (Chatham 

 Isl.). 



Hsematopus fuliginosus, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 8 (1845) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 547 (1847) ; ReicAenb. Vog. Neuholl. no. 319 

 (1849) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 197; id. Cat. Mamm. $ B. New 

 Gain. p. 62 (1859) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 217 (1865) ; 

 Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. i. p. 60 (1877 : Palm Isl.) ; 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 187 ; Walker, Ibis, 1892, p. 257 (Adele Isl., N.W. 

 Australia). 



Hsematopus niger (nee Pall!), Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7469 (New 

 Zealand) ; Finsch, Ibis, 1882, p. 399 (Wanganui, N. Z.). _ 



Hsematopus opthalmicus, Castelnau § Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. i. p. 385 (1877 : Bountiful Isl., N. Australia) ; Ramsay, 

 op. cit. ii. p. 187 (1878 : Gulf of Carpentaria) ; id. Tab. List Austr, 

 B. p. 19 (1888). 



Melanibyx fuliginosus, Heine Sf Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 337 

 (1882-90 : W. Australia). 



Aclidt male. Entirely glossy black above and below, including 

 the wings and tail : " bill and eyelash extremely rich orange-yellow ; 

 legs and feet dull brick-red ; iris red " (J. Goidd). Total length 

 18 inches, culmen 3-3, wing 11-5, tail 4-4, tarsus 2*1. 



