NO. 1116. 



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Measurements of Geospizafuliginosa — Coutmiied. 



GEOSPIZA PARVULA, Gould. 



(Plate L VII, fig. IK) 



Geospiza parvula, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, Pt. v, 1837, p. 6 (Galapagos Lslands^) ; 

 Zool. Voy. Beagle, III, Birds, 1841, p. 102, pi. xxxix (James Islaud).— Bona- 

 parte, Cousp. Av., I, 1850, p. 543.— Gray, Haud-1., II, 1870, p. 88.— Sclater 

 audSALViN, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1870, p. 323(BindloeandAbingdonisland8) ; Nom. 

 Av. Neotr., 1873, p. 27. — Sundevall, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 125 (Chatham 

 Island).- Salvin, Trans. Zool. So(\, IX, Pt. ix, 1876, p. 483 (James, Chatham, 

 Bindloe, and Abingdon islands); Cat. Strickl. Coll. 1882, p. 219.— Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, p. 13 (t^hatham, James, Abingdon, and Bind- 

 loe islands).— RiDGW AY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 1889, p. 107 (Abingdon 

 Island). 



Specific characters. — Similar to G.fuliainosa, Gould, but smaller, with 

 bill more compressed and witli straighter outlines ; adult males (always 1) 



' Mr. Sharpe designates as the "types of the species " a pair from Chatham Island ; 

 but as Mr. Darwin, in the "Zoology of the Beagle'' mentions only James Islaud iu 

 connection with the species, I think this is an error. (See also remarks under 

 Frogne modesla, on p. 505.) 



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