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wide bands of rufous and the bill is dusky above, yellow below. Two 

 immature specimens from Chatham taken in May are in the plumage 

 of Stage III. 



On southern Seymour we found this species very common during 

 the last of April and the first of May. The most common song 

 uttered by the males consisted of a simple series of similar notes, thus : 

 tlee-tlee-tlee, etc., the song consisting sometimes of only three or four 

 notes but generally of a larger number six or seven. They sang also 

 another song which resembled teur' -iver-wer , teur'-wer-iver, teur'- 

 iver-iver, this one being very much like one of the songs of G. fortis. 

 A third sound that they uttered, but infrequently, was somewhat like 

 zee'-eurp. This they uttered singly, i. e., they never repeated the set 

 of two syllables several times in succession so as to make a more pro- 

 longed " song." 



MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF Geosfiza scandens 



fatigata. 



