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Rothschild and Hartert assign the Nesomimus of Wenman to the 

 same variety as the James form, N. melanotis melanotis. Our speci- 

 mens, however, are identical in every way with the Barrington Island 

 specimens. 



It is rather curious that the Nesomimus of this island so far to the 

 north should be related to forms of the central islands rather than to 

 those of the neighboring islands, Culpepper and Abingdon. 



We have five adult males from Barrington taken in May, and two 

 adult males and two adult females from Wenman taken in December. 



MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT SPECIMENS OF NesominiUS 



melanotis barringtoni. 



80c. NESOMIMUS MELANOTIS MELANOTIS (Gould). 



Orfiheus melanotis GoviAi, Proc. Zool. See. Lend., p. 27, 1837. 



Mimus melanotis GovLH, Voy. Beagle, in, Birds, p. 62, 1841 (Chatham and 



James Islands). — Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc, ix, p. 471, 1876 (Charles ?, 



James and Indefatigable Islands). 

 Nesomimus melanotis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, p. 489, 1896. 

 Nesomimus melanotis melanotis Rothschild and Hartert (in part), Novit. 



Zool., VI, p. 145, 1899 (James, Jervis). 



Range. — James (and Jervis .''). 



This form is very close to the Indefatigable race, but is separable 

 from it as a variety by the darker tone of coloration on the head and 

 back, and by the longer bill — the culmen of our specimens from 

 James averaging 24.6 while that of the Indefatigable and Seymour 

 specimens averages only 22.6. 



The collection contains four adult males, four adult females, and 

 numerous immature specimens taken on James in April. 



