_M. vertice, nuchâ, dorsoque pallidè fuscis; plumis capitis et dorsi ad medium colore saturatiore; alis intensè fuscis, singulis plumis ad marginem pallidioribus, secundariis, tectricibusque majoribus notâ albâ terminali, fascias duas transversas facientibus; caudæ rectricibus nigrescenti-fuscis ad apicem albis, loro, plumisque auricularibus nigrescenti-fuscis; laterum plumis notâ fuscâ centrali, abdomine albo; rostro pedibusque nigris._ Long tot. 9½ unc.; _rost._ 1¼; _alæ_, 4½; _caudæ_, 4½; _tarsi_, 1⅜. 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._) [Illustration: _Birds. Pl. 16._ _Mimus trifasciatus._ ] [Illustration: _Birds. Pl. 17._ _Mimus melanotis._ ] [Illustration: _Birds. Pl. 18._ _Mimus parvulus._ ] 6. MIMUS PARVULUS. _G. R. Gray._ PLATE XVIII. Orpheus parvulus. _Gould_, in Proc. of Zool. Soc. Part v. 1837, p. 27. _M. vertice, nuchâ caudâque intensè fuscis, hujus rectricibus ad apicem albo notatis; alis fuscis secundariis tectricibusque notâ albâ apicali fascias duas transversas facientibus; loro plumisque auricularibus nigrescentibus; gulâ, colli lateribus, pectore, et abdomine albescentibus; plumis laterum notis fuscis per medium longitudinaliter excurrentibus._ Long. tot. 8⅛ unc.; _rost._ 1; _alæ_, 3⅝; _caudæ_, 3¾; _tarsi_, 1¼. The vertex, the nape of the neck, and the tail intensely black; with the tips of the tail feathers marked with white; the wings brown with the secondaries and coverts tipped with white marks, giving the appearance of two transverse hands; the lores and the feathers of the ears black; the throat, the sides of the neck, breast, and the abdomen white; the flanks marked longitudinally with brown. Habitat, Albemarle Island, Galapagos Archipelago. (_October._)