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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 
4. Mimus trifasciatus. G. R. Gray. 
Plate XVI. 
Orpheus trifasciatus. Gould , in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part v. 1 837, p. 27. 
M. vertice , nucha, et dorso nigrescentihus ; uropygio rufo pallide lavato ; alis nigres- 
centibus, tectricibus notd albescente terminali fascias tres transversas facientibus ; 
rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis nigrescentibus, reliquis ad apicem pallidioribus ; 
plumis auricularibus, striga superciliari, gala, et corpore subtus albis, lateribus notis 
guttisque fuscis ornatis ; r astro pedibusque nigris. 
Long. tot. lOf unc. ; rost. If; alee, 5 ; caudce, 5| ; 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 pallidb fuscis ; plumis capitis et dor si ad medium colore 
saturatiore ; .alis intense fuscis, singulis plumis ad mar ginem pallidioribus, secunda- 
riis, tectricibusque majoribus notd alba terminali, fascias duas transversas facien- 
tibus ; caudce rectricibus nigrescent i-fuscis ad apicem albis, loro, plumisque auricu- 
laribus nigrescenti-fuscis ; laterum plumis notd fused centrali, abdomine albo ; rostro 
pedibusque nigris. 
Long tot. 9| unc. ; rost. ; alee, 4J ; caudce, ; 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.) 
