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the commoner G. scandens. Neither of Dr. Habel’s specimens is quite adult, when 
doubtless the plumage is of the same black colour as that of its congeners. Dr. Habel 
notes that he found vegetable substances in the stomachs of these birds, and that the 
Cactornis abingdoni. 
feathers of the head were sticky from the juice of the cactus they eat. He adds:— 
“(. abingdoni I found only on Abingdon. Its habits are quite similar to those of the 
other species of the genus.” —Z//. 
CACTORNIS PALLIDA. 
Cactornis pallida, Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S, 1870, p. 327. 
Cactornis pallida. 
Supra olivaceo-fusca, alis caudaque obscure fuscis, dorsi colore anguste limbatis : 
subtus pallide ochracea: tectricibus subalaribus et remigum marginibus internis albis: 
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