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Nest No. 817, 16. iv. 19(il. Parent birds 1006, 1008. Nest in a cactus tree 

 between tlie leaves, T ft. high. One egg, measuring ls-8 x 13'8 mm. 



Geospiza fuliginosa fuliginosa Gould. 



Nov. Zdoi,. VI, 1899, p. 16\.—(j,.,.-=/,i-a/uliy!finsa Ridgw., B<nl.< Xnrlli unil Middlt Am,,: I, 1901, 

 p. 505. 



We liave received large fresli material from the following islands : — 

 Albemarle, Villa Mil, and Tagus Cove, collected by Beck and Green. "Eyes 

 brown." Large series. 



Barrington, two adult males, one female, Green coll. 

 (iardner off Hood Island, one female, Green coll. 



Seymour and Daphne Islands off Indefatigable, four males and three females, 

 collected by K. H. Beck. 



Chatham Island, El Progresso and other places, Messrs. K. H. Beck and Green 

 coll., good series. 



Duncan, Beck coll. 



These birds were found to be very common on Ciiatham and Albemarle and 

 Duncan Islands. The soug of the males was heard everywhere on these islands. 

 It sounded .somewhat like ke-week, ke-week, and so on. At Tagus Cove, ou 

 Albemarle, also a note like che-chr- che-cliee cheet was often lieard, beside the 

 other song. 



Many nests were found on (Chatham Island in March, some being incomplete, 

 others finished but empty, others again with clutches from four to five, occasionally 

 only three eggs, or with young a few days old. The nests were placed from 4 to 

 14 ft. high, very often on the top of old nests, as is the case with many nests on 

 the Galapagos Islands. Most nests are composed of grass and weed-stems, but all 

 contain more or less orchilla moss, some being quite covered with it, while all are 

 outside ornamented and often lined inside with cotton-balls. Nearly all these nests 

 were built in buslies, only one in a cactus. On Duncan nearly every cactus had a 

 nest, most of them being apparently those of G. fuliyinosa. On Albemarle the 

 nests were also common, 4 to 1'.^ ft. high, and of the same material, only usually 

 with more cotton-balls and less orchilla moss, which grows not much near 

 Tagus Cove. 



(Untch No. 758, Chatham 1., four eggs. Pure wliite with pale rufous and a 

 few mauve-coloured patches and dots, and a few deeji purplish-brown scribbled 

 markings. ^0x142, 189 x 14-2, 18-4 x 14. 



Clutch No. 783, Chatham J., three eggs. White with a iiiiut though quite 

 distinct greenish tinge, covered with pale rufous and a few pale bluish-grey under- 

 lying patches. Thicker than the former. 196 x lo, 19-6 x li)-l, 192 x lo-O mm. 



No. 777, a single egg, Chatham' I., very small, somewhat creamy white, 

 rather uniformly marked with very fine dots and a few large piilr ])atches. 

 ]'.i-3 X l:!'(i mm. 



No. 779, clutch of four, Chatham I. Rather small, jiale rufous and pale 

 ])urplisli patches, distinct zone round thick end, ground-colour somewhat creamy 

 white. 18-:ixl3'.», ls-3x 14, 18-9 X 14-3, 18-i5x 13-8. These eggs resemble those 

 of Erithacus rubeeula. 



No. 778. Clutch of three eggs, slightly incubated, 14 March, I'.iOl. Small 

 eggs, rather pointed, veri/ slightly tinged with blue, very finely punctated and 

 dotted. ls-8x 14, ln x 13-8, 18-7 x 13-4 mm. 



