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ME. O. SALVIN ON THE AVIFAUNA 



Camakhtnchus peosthemelas. 

 Camnrhynchus prosthemelas, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 325; Sundev. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 125. 



Supra niger, doi'so olivaceo tincto: alis extus et cauda fuscis colore pallidiore 

 limbatis : subtus niger, ventre toto pallide olivaceo : rostro rubello, pedibus fuscis. 



$ supra olivaceo-fusca, alis caudaque saturate fuscis, illarum marginibus dilute 

 fuscis: subtus ochraceo-albida : long, tota 3"7, alae 2'4, caudte 1'5, rostri a rictu 0-4, 

 tarsi 0-8. 



Hah. Indefatigable Island [Hahel) ; Chatham, Charles, and James Islands (Sundevall). 



The smallest of the species of Camarhynchus. Our description of the male was 

 taken from a specimen in the British Museum, brought by Mr. Darwin, but never 

 described. 



CttmarliijHchus prosthemelas. 



"Associates with Geospiza in visiting the rocks uncovered at low water. The 

 stomachs of some specimens contained insects. This species and C. 2)sitiacuhis I only 

 found on Indefatigable Island, whilst C. variegatus and C. Itabeli inhabit Bindloe and 

 Abingdon." — //. 



Camarhynchus habeli. (Plate LXXXVI.) 

 Camarhynchus habeli, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 325. 



Supra olivaceo-griseus : alis caudaque fuscis griseo marginatis : capite undique cum 

 pectore toto nigris : ventre lactescenti-albo, subalaribus et remigum marginibus interais 

 albis : rostro valde compresso, culmine utrinque sulcato, colore sicut pedum nigro : 

 long, tota 5'6, alte 2'8, caudse I'S, rostri a rictu 0-5, tarsi 0'9. 



S grisea, subtus albida, capite nigro omnino carens. 



Hab. Bindloe and Abingdon Islands {Habel). 



Obs. Prsecedenti similis, sed minor et rostro magis compresso et maculis abdominis 

 nullis. 



"A melodious song, strange to my ear, led me to look for a new bird, as this one 

 proved to be. I never saw it associating in flocks like the Geospizce, but always solitary 

 individuals. From this fact I infer that it is not very numerous, which it certainly is 



