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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 



Caclornis ahinydoni. 



feathers of the head were sticky from the juice of the cactus they eat. He adds : — 

 " C. ahingdoni I found only on Abingdon. Its habits are quite similar to those of the 

 other species of the genus." — //. 



Cactorxis pallida. 

 Cactornis pallida, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 327. 



Cactoniis 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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