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Abingdon, as we have received not less than 39 skins from the recent expedition. 

 The black males measure ; — 



Indefatigable is also known to be inhabited by G. s/renua since Habel's expe- 

 dition. It w.Ts also fonnd there b}' Messrs. Banr & Adams, and we have altogether 

 received 11 specimens from this island, bnt not a single one is a fnlly adnlt )ni:i/i'. 

 We are giving the measurements tirst of the largest of onr specimens, seconilly of 

 onr blackest 7nrile, which is abont half black. The measurements are : — 



Tower Island is also inhabited by G. sfreniin. Specimens from Tower, collected 

 by Messrs. Hanr A: Adams, were described by Kidgway as belonging to a new 

 species, which he called G. pachijrhynchu. Specifically they belong doubtless to 

 G. strenua, bnt it is true that most of the Tower specimens are ratlier large. As, 

 however, they are reached or even eclipsed in nearly all their measurements by 

 specimens from other islands, we cannot at present separate them even snb- 

 sjtecifically. If a large material of adnlt males should confirm the constancy of this 

 form, it would have to be called G. strenua pachijrhyneka. The 3 black males of 

 the 9 we have examined measure as follows : — 



Jervis Island is .Tnotlier home of this finch. Baur & Adams and the recent 

 collectors must have fonnd it rather common there, for we received altogether not 

 less tlian 2(1 sjtecimens, and black males were rather fretjueut among them. They 

 are generally not very large, bnt so variable and so close to specimens from other 



