62 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



4. MlMUS TRIFASCIATUS. G. R. Grmj. 



Plate XVI. 

 Orpheus trifasciatus. Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part v. ] 837, p. 27. 

 M. vertice, nucha, et dorso nigrescentibus ; uropygio rufo pallide lavato ; alis nigres- 

 centibus, tectricibus notd albescente terminali fascias tres transversas facientibus ; 

 rectricibus caudce duabus intermedins nigrescentibus, reliquis ad apicem pallidioribus ; 

 plumis auricular ibus, strigd superciliari, guld, et corpore subtus albis, lateribus notis 

 guttisque fuscis ornatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. lOg unc. ; rost. If; alee, 5; caudce, 5 J ; tarsi, If. 



The vertex, nape of the neck and the back, blackish ; with the lower part of the 

 back tinged with pale rufous ; the wings blackish, with the tips of the wing 

 coverts white, forming three transverse bands ; the tail with the two interme- 

 diate feathers black, with the tips of the others much paler ; the auricular 

 feathers with a streak above the eyes, throat, and beneath the abdomen white; 

 the flanks ornamented with fuscous marks and spots. 

 Habitat, Charles Island, Galapagos Archipelago. {October). 



5. Mimus melanotis. G. R. Gray. 



Plate XVII. 

 Orpheus melanotis, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part v. 1837, p. 27. 



M. vertice, nucha, dorsoque pallide fuscis; plumis capitis et dor si ad medium colore 

 saturatiore; alis intense fuscis, singulis plumis ad marginem pallidioribus, secunda- 

 riis, tectricibusque majoribus notd albd terminali, fascias duas transversas facien- 

 tibus ; caudce rectricibus nigrescent i-fuscis ad apicem albis, loro, plumisque auricu- 

 laribus nigrescent i-fuscis ; laterum plumis notd fused centrali, abdomine albo ; rostro 

 pedibusque nigris. 



Long tot. 9| unc. ; rost. I J ; alee, 4| ; caudce, 4 \ ; tarsi, If. 



The vertex, nape of the neck and the back, pale brown ; the feathers of the head 

 and the back, as far as the middle, of a darker colour ; the wings intensely 

 brown, with the margins of each of the feathers paler ; the secondaries and the 

 greater wing-coverts terminated with white marks, giving the appearance of 

 two transverse bands ; the feathers of the tail blackish brown, with the tips 

 white ; the lores and the feathers of the ears blackish brown, the feathers of the 

 sides with a central brown mark, the abdomen white ; the bill and feet black. 

 Habitat, Chatham and James's Islands, Galapagos Archipelago. (October.) 



