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 Geospiza dubia bauri Ridgw. 



Kov. Zooi,. VI, 1899, p. IGl.—Geoxjnzn huuri Ridgw., Birds NnriU and Middle Amei: I, 19111, p. 500. 



Our collectors did not send us any specimens of this form from the typical 

 locality (James), where it is evidently very rare ; but Mr. Green obtained one 

 immature 7/mle from Seymour Island, a small island separated from Indefatigable 

 merely by a very narrow channel, and Mr. Beck sent a still younger t/i'ilc from the 

 north point of Indefatigable, opposite Seymour Island. Both these birds agree in 

 size with G. dubia bauri from James, though their bills are slightly smaller than 

 our three birds, one of the latter being an adult male, the other two adult /(Vwr/A'.^. 



<S ad., Baur coll. (type) ; cnlmen, I'.i-u ; depth at base, 17 ; width of mandible, 

 \2 mm. Wing, 84 mm. 



? ad., Banr coll. ; culmen, I'J ; depth, K)'."); widtli, 12."i mm. Wing, 7" mm. 



c? jr., Seymour Island, Green coll.; culmen, 1S-.5 ; depth, 15; width, 12-15. 

 Wing, 78 mm. 



c? juv., Indefatigable Island, Beck coll. ; culmen, 18-5 ; depth, 15-G ; width, 

 12-5 mm. Wing, 77 mm. 



Geospiza dubia simillima Rothsch. & Hart. 



Nov. Zooi.. VI, 1899, p. \i)l.—Geo.yiim simillima Ridgw., Bird« .X„rll, ami Maldlv Am.,: I. 1901, 

 p. 502. 



One immature /««/f. Post Office Bay, Charles Island, Green cull. Wiug, 75 ; 

 culmen, 18'5; depth at base, 14-7 ; width at base, 12 mm. 



Geospiza fortis fortis Gonhl. 



Nov. ZooL. VI, 1899, p. 161.— GVox^j/ai fortis Ridgw., Birds Xart/i and Middle Amcr. I, 1901, 

 p. 502. 



We have received again a series from Green and Beck, from ( 'harles, James, 

 and Indefotigable Islands ; also some sjiecinieiis from Beck from Da]ihne iuid 

 Seymour Islands, off Indefatigable. Mr. Beck only found it nesting on Daphne 

 Island, north of Indefatigable, where several nests were found — one containing one 

 egg, the other three eggs — on March 0th. The nesting season was then evidently 

 only beginning. The ne.sts were i>laced in cactus trees from 2 to 5 ft. high, 

 nsnally on the toj) of old nests. Two or three pairs had often their nests in the 

 same tree, cactus trees not being plentiful, except inside the crater. The nests 

 were like other Geospiza nests, but they were lined and ornamented \\\t\\ down and 

 feathers of boobies, gulls, and tropic birds, which roost and nest on Da])hne Island. 

 The nest with three eggs was found by Mr. Adams, who saw the femah' come to 

 the nest with a feather in her bill. 



The eggs are white, speckled and spotted with rufous brown and underlying 

 pale purplish-brown markings. They measure : 18'0 x 14'.t, lS-7 x 14-5, 19-1 x 14-0, 

 18*7 X 14-5 mm. 



Geospiza fortis fratercula Ridgw. 



Nov. Zooi.. VI, 1889, p. \(,\.~t;e.,si,\za fnil,r.;da Ridgw., Birds X„rlli a,,,/ Middle Amer. I, 1901, 

 p. 504. 



Messrs. Beck and Adams found this bird nesting in numbers on Abingdon in 

 the middle of Ajiril. The nests were jirincipally found near the shore. The clutches 



