Plate VIII.
Tyrannula magnirostris. Gould, MS.
M. Fæm. Suprà olivaceo-brunnea; caudâ brunnea; rectricum externarum marginibus griseo-brunneis; gutture pectoreque olivaceo griseis; abdomine caudæque tectricibus inferioribus pallidè flavis; alis saturatè brunneis, secundariis tectricibusque late griseo marginatis.
Long tot. 5⁶⁄₁₂; alæ, 2⁸⁄₁₂; caudæ, 2⁶⁄₁₂; tarsi, ¹¹⁄₁₂; rost. ⁹⁄₁₂.
Crown of the head and back olive brown; tail brown; the external margins of the two outer feathers greyish brown; throat and chest olive grey; abdomen and under tail coverts very pale citron yellow; wings dark brown; secondaries, greater and lesser wing coverts broadly margined with grey; bill and feet black.
Habitat, Chatham Island, Galapagos Archipelago, (October).
This bird and the Pyrocephalus nanus, inhabit the same island. Not very uncommon.
Birds. Pl. 8.
Tyrannula magnirostris.