62 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



4. MiMUS TRiFASciATUs. G. R. Gray. 

 Plate XVI. 

 Orpheus trifasciatiis. Gould, in Proc. of ZooL Soc. Part v. 1837, p. 2". 

 M. vertice, nucha, et dorso nigrescent ihus ; nropygio rufo pallide lavato ; alls nigres- 

 centihus, tectricibus notd albescente tenninali fascias tres transversas Jacientibus ; 

 rectricibus caudcB dnabus inlermediis nigrescent ibus, reliquis ad apicem pallid ioribus; 

 plmnis auricular ibus, strigd superciliari, gulu, et corpore subtus albis, lateribus notis 

 guttisque Juscis ornatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 10| line; rost. If; alw, 5; caitchv, 5i ; tarsi, 1|. 



The vertex, nape of the neck and the back, blackish ; with the lower part of the 

 back tinged with pale rufous ; the Avings blackish, with the tips of the wing 

 coverts white, forming three transverse bands ; the tail with the two interme- 

 diate feathers black, with the tips of the others much paler ; the auricular 

 feathers with a streak above the eyes, throat, and beneath the abdomen white; 

 the flanks ornamented with fuscous marks and spots. 

 Habitat, Charles Island, Galapagos Archipelago. (October). 



5. MiMUS MELANOTis. G. R. Gray. 



Plate XVIL 



Orpheus melanotis, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part v. 1837, p. 27. 



M. vertice, nucha, dorsoque pallidh Juscis; plumis capitis et dorsi ad medium colore 

 saturatiore; alis intensh fuscis, singidis plumis ad tnarginem pallid ioribus, secunda- 

 riis, tectricibusqiie majoribus tiotd alba terminali, fascias duas transversas facien- 

 tibus ; caadce rectricibus nigrescenti-fuscis ad apicem albis, loro, plumisque auricu- 

 lar ibus nigrescenti-fuscis; laterum plumis notd fused centrali, abdomine albo ; rostro 

 pedibusque nigris. 



Long tot. 9^ unc. ; rost. [\ ; alw, 4 J ; cmtdw, 4 J ; tarsi, Ig. 



The vertex, nape of the neck and the back, pale brown ; the feathers of the head 

 and the back, as far as the middle, of a darker colour ; the wings intensely 

 brown, with the margins of each of the feathers paler ; the secondaries and the 

 greater wing-coverts terminated with white marks, giving the appearance of 

 two transverse bands ; the feathers of the tail blackish brown, with the tips 

 white; the lores and the feathers of the ears blackish brown, the feathers of the 

 sides with a central brown mark, the abdomen white ; the bill and feet black. 

 Habitat, Chatham and James's Islands, Galapagos Archipelago. {October.) 



