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(CHATHAM-ISLAND ROBIN.) 



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flavis : iride saturate bruBnea. 



igibus et rectricibus pauUo brunnescentioribus : rostro nigro : pcdibus nigris, plantis 



Adult male. The whole of the plumage black, the base of the feathers dark plumbeous ; wing-feathers and 

 their coverts tinged with brown, the former greyish on their inner surface ; tail-feathers black, very 

 slightly tinged with brown. ' Irides dark brown ; bill black ; tarsi and toes blackish brown, the soles of 

 the feet dull yellow. Total length 6 inches ; wing, from flexure, 3*4 j tail 2-6 ; bill, along the ridge *5, 

 along the edge of lower mandible -7; tarsus Tl ; middle toe and claw 1 ; hind toe and claw "8. 



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This new species was discovered by Mr. Henry H. Travers during an exploratory visit to the 

 Chatham Islands in the early part of this year ; and I have much pleasure in adopting Captain 

 Hutton's proposal to name the bird in honour of this ardent young naturalist. 



The specimens described above were promptly sent to me by Dr. Hector ; and through the 

 courtesy of His Excellency Sir George Bowen, who forwarded them with others in his despatch- 

 box to the Colonial Office, they have reached me in time to appear in this work in their proper 



systematic order. 



Mr. Travers, sen., states, on the authority of his son, in a communication to the Wellington 



Philosophical Society (November 25th, 1871), that the habits of this species very closely resemble 



those of Miro alhifrons; and this is at present the only information we have on the subject. 



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