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liinDS OF THE GALAPAGOS AECHirELAGO—IUD^nVAY 



may readily be distinguished from G. fortis, of Charles and other 

 islands. There are four young hirds iu the collection, but ii<» adult 

 females. Mr. Salvin says that '' tlie females from Abingdon Island are 

 darker than those from the other two islands" (Indefatigable and 

 Bindloe). 



Measitrements of Geospiza fratervula. 



Num- 

 ber. 



116108 

 11G1U9 

 IICIIO 

 116111 

 116112 



Collec- 

 tion. 



TJ. S. 



cr. s. 



U.S. 

 U.S. 

 U.S. 



Sex and age. 



Adult, male . . . 



do 



Immature male 



do 



do 



Locality. 



Abingdon Island. 



do 



....do 



...do 



do 



Average 



Date. 



Apr. 16,1888 2.53 1.52 



.do, 

 ....do 

 ....do, 

 . . . .do 



-.2.55 1.68 

 . . 2. 65 1. 70 

 ..2.60 1.62 

 ..12.53 1.59 



2.571.62 



O pq 



.65 .44 .38 .38 



.68 .48: .36 .38 



.65, .441 .38 .36 



.68 .48! .37 .38 



.671 .50| .37| .40 



.67 .47 .37 .38 



. 81 . 55 

 .78.55 

 . 80 . 55 i 



. 79i. 58 

 . 80 . 57 



.80 



56 



GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA, Gould. 



(Plate LVII, Hg. 17.) 



Geospiza fidi(jinos<i, (iouLD, Proc. Zool., Soc, Pt. v, 1837, p. 5 (Galapagos Lslaiuls' ) ; 

 Zool. A'oy. lieagle, III, Birds, 1841, p. 101 (Chatham aud Jauie.s islauds). — 

 BoxAiwHTE, Cousp. Av., I, 18.")0, p. 543.— Gray, IIand-1., II, 1870, p. 88.— .^cla- 

 TERaud Sala'IN, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 323 (Indefatigable Island) ; Noin. A v. 

 Neotr., 1873. p. 27. — Suxpevall, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 12.5 (ludefatigabln 

 and James islands).— Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc, IX, Pt. i.\, 1876, p. 482 (Chat- 

 ham, James, aud Indefatigable islands). — Siiarpe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 66 

 (Albemarle Island) ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, p. 12 (Chatham, James, 

 Albemarle, and Indefatigable islands). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mns., XII, 

 1889, p. 107 (Chatham, James, Indefatigable, Duncan, Charles, Hood, Albe- 

 marle, and Abingdon islands). 



[Geospiza fiiUf/ineux, Prevost et Dk.s Mur.s, Voy. Vdnns, Ois., 1855, p. 208.] 



Specific characters. — Similar to G. f rater enla^ Ridgway, of Abingdon 

 Island, but smaller, the bill more C(»mpressed and with straigliter out- 

 lines. Wing, about 2.40-2.55; tail, 1.45-1.65; culmeu, 0.49-0.55; depth 

 of bill at base, 0.31-0.38; tarsus, 0.73-0.81. (Adult males.) 



Range. — Galapagos Archipelago: Albemarle Island (Cookson, Alba- 

 tross, Baur and Adams); Duncan Island {Albatross, Baur and Adams); 

 Charles Island ( Kinberg, Townsend) ; Hood Island {Albatross, Baur and 

 Adams); Chatham Island (Darwin, Kinberg, Townsend, Baur and 

 Adams); Indefatigable Island (Ilabel, AIb((tross) ; James Ishiiid (Dar- 

 win, Kinberg, Alb<(tross, Baur aud Adams); Abingdon Island (Habel, 

 Alb<(tross). 



Adult onale.—^o. 125027, U.S.N.M.; Chatham Island, Galapagos, 

 March 30, 1891; C. H. Townsend. Uniform deep black, most intense 

 anteriorly, the feathers abruptly clear slate-gray beneath the surface; 



' According to Dr. Sharpe, the type is from Chatham Island. 



