480 



BIRDS OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO— EIDGWAY. vol.xix. 



List of species of birds which hare been ascertained to occur in the Galapayos Archipelaijo, 

 xhowinii the islandfi upon or near which each species has been found — Continued. 



Kamea of Hpecies. 



80. 

 81. 

 8'J. 

 83. 

 s;. 

 85. 

 80. 

 87. 

 88. 

 89. 

 90. 

 91. 

 9_>. 

 9:i. 



94. 



9o. 



9G. 



97. 



98. 



99. 

 100. 

 1(11. 

 102. 

 lOli. 

 104. 

 105. 



Qucrriiufliilii v<'rsi(olor (V icillot) 



Jicsopelia f;ala]>;i';i)fiisis ;( Joiilil) 



Porzanii s]>il()ii()ta ((ioiild) 



I'orzaua galaitagofiisis, Sharpe 



Oallinula galeata (Licrliten.steiD) 



lla'inatopti.f galapaf^eiisis, Kklgway 



Arenaria iiitfrpres (LiuniBiis) 



Squatarola scjuatarola (Liniisus) 



/Ejiialif.s .sciuipalniata, Bouaparto 



Calidrisari'iiaria (Liuna-iis) 



Triiiga niiiuUilla, Vieillot 



IIotcracMtis iiK'anus (Gmelin) 



Nmiit'iiins liiiilsonicus, Latham 



Niuiiciiiu.s liorcalis ( Forster) 



HiniautopiiH inexicanus (Miiller) f 



Lama i'uliirinosiis, (Jould 



d'cagrns funatiis (XtjUonx) 



Annus };alai>Mj;eiisis, Sharpe 



Dioiiudi a cNiilaii.-*, I,iiina;us? 



Dioineiica iiiizripes, Audubon? 



.\cstnlata pli:i'ijpyi.'ia, Salvin 



Pulliiuis siil)alaris. Townsendrt 



Oifanodioiiia <r\ ptoleucura, Jiidgway... 



I'rocellaria tctliy.s, Bonaparte 



Oceanitcs gracilis (Elliot) 



Splicniscus niendiculus, Sundevall 



Total 



^ .< 



8 i 



P !o P5 



35 13 



o n 



32 21 32 15 36; 15130 17 22 18 



bt '. a 



a Also, Kicker Rock, Baur and Adams. 



Fainilv MIMID.^.. 



Genus NESOM I M U S, Ridgway. 



Nesomimiis, Riduway, Proc TJ. S. Nat. Mns., XII, No. 767, Feb. 5, 1890. p. 102, 

 footnote. Type, Orpheus nielanoiis, Gould. 



Generic characters. — Similar to Minius, Boie, but bill longer and much 

 more compressed basaily, and tarsus luucb longer (nearly twice as long 

 as middle toe instead of only about onetbird longer). 



Range. — Peculiar to tbe Galapagos Archipelago. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF NESOMIMUS 



o'. Breast crossed by a broken band of dusky spots (sometimes interrupted 



medially ), and chest with a similar but less distinct band i the spoLs 



mostly concealed), tlie two separated by an area o I' plain white 



i'. Larjjcr (winiu; 1.60-5.05. exposed ciilmcu 1.27-1.35); white tips to lateral rec- 



trices indistinct. 



c'. Pileiim and back blackish brown, with very indistinct grayish edgings. 



(Charles Island; (iardner Island?) 1. y.trifasciatiiH (p. 183). 



c*^. Pileum and back brownish gray, the feathers with dusky mesial stripes 



(broader on back). (Hood Island.) 2. X. macdonaldi {p. O^i). 



b'. Smaller (wiiig 1.20-4. .50, exjiosed culmen 0.8.5-0.95); white tips to lateral 

 rectrices very distinct and more extended. (Chatham Island.) 



3. X. adamsi (p. 485). 



