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THE GALAPAGOS TORTOISES. 



Measurements. 



Testudo microphyes Giinther. 

 Plates 11-20, 38, fig. 3. 



Testudo elephantopus Gunther, 1875, Philos. trans. Roy. soc. London, 165, p. 261, pi. 33, fig. A, pis. 

 37-39, fig. A, pi. 40, fig. A, C, D., pi. 41, fig. B, pi. 42, fig. A, pi. 43, pi. 44, fig. A-A", C, D; 1877, 

 Gigantic land-tortoises, p. 63, pi. 30, fig. A, pi. 42-44, fig. A, pi. 46, fig. A, C, D, pi. 47, fig. B, pi. 51, 

 fig. A, pi. 52, pi. 53, fig. A-A", C, D; Rothschild, 1902, Nov. zool., 9, p. 448, 618; Hellek, 

 1903, Proc. Wash. acad. sci., 5, p. 53; Siebenrock, 1909, Zool. jahrb. Suppl., 10, p. 532. 



Testudo microphyes Gunther, 1875, Philos. trans. Roy. soe. London, 165, p. 275, pi. 36-39, fig. B; 1877, 

 Gigantic land-tortoises, p. 78 (part), pi. 37, pi. 42-44, fig. B; Rothschild, 1915, Nov. zool., 22, 

 p. 406, 416. 



Testudo giintheri Baur, 18S9, Amer. nat., 23, p. 1044; Van Denbdrgh, 1914, Proc. Cal. acad. sci., 

 ser. 4, 2, p. 335, pi. 84-92; Rothschild, 1915, Nov. zool., 22, p. 406, 410. 



Testudo galapagoensis Rothschild, 1915, Nov. zool., 22, p. 404 (part), pi. 27, 28. 



Testudo chathamensis Van Denbdrgh, 1907, Proc. Cal. acad. sci., ser. 4, 1, p. 4; 1914, 2, p. 323, pi. 64- 

 69; Rothschild, 1915, Nov. zool., 22, p. 406, 409, 416, pi. 29, 30. 



The species Testudo microphyes was founded on a specimen twenty-two 

 inches and a hah in direct length, at the time in the possession of the Royal 

 Institution of Liverpool. It was said to be "a fully adult male," "the smallest 

 of the Galapagos Tortoises," and was supposed to have come from Espahola 

 Island (Hood). Later this type was secured by the British Museum and in 

 the publication on the Gigantic Land-Tortoises, 1877, after comparison with 

 Cookson specimens it was said to be "undoubtedly a female" from the north 

 of Isabela Island (Albemarle). The conclusions here recorded after a detailed 



1 Rothschild, Nov. zool., 1903, 10. 



- Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. acad. sci., 1907, 1. 



3 Rothschild, Nov. zool., 1915, 22. 



4 Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. acad. sci., 1914, 4 



