534 ninDS of the GALAPAGOS archipelago— BIDGWAT. volxix. 



GEOSPIZA SCANDENS (.Gouldj. 

 (Plate LYII, iig. 2.) 



Cactomis acandens, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, Pt. v, 1837, p. 7 (Galapagos TslantlR) ; 



Zool. Voy. Beagle, III, Birds, 1841, p. 104, pi. 42 (James Island).— Bonapaihe, 



Consp. Av., 1, 1850, p. 542.— Gray, Hand-1., II, 1870, p. 89.— Scxdevall, Proc. 



Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 124 (part: James Island).— Sclatek and Sai.vix, Xoiii. Av. 



Neotr., 1873, p. 29.— Salvix, Trans. Zool. See., IX, Pt. ix, 1876, p. 485 (part: 



James Island). — SiiAitPK, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XII, 1888, p. 19 (part: James 



Island). 

 G[€Ospi:a'] scandeiis, Kidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVII, 1894, p. .361 (in text). 

 [7"(sat;ih dt' (UiUaita(ji>8, Nebotx, Uev. Zool., 1840, p. 291. — Cavtornis (jrimpiur, 



PuEVcsT et Des Muks, Voy. Venus, Ois., 1855, p. 204.] 



Specific charaeiers. — Bill elongate-conical, with its basal depth mncli 

 les.s than the length of the gouys, and the basal width of the mandible 

 (across chin) still less; culmen slightly convex, nearly straight in 

 middle portion, scarcely arched basally, and not more than 0,72 (usually 

 about 0.70) in length: basal depth of bill, O.oo-O.ST; basal width of 

 mandible, 0.28-0.31 ; wing, 2.65-2.80; tail, 1.58-1.79; tarsus, 0.80-0,85. 



Range. — Galapagos Archipelago: James Island (Darwin, Kinberg, 

 Baur and Adams). 



AduJt male. — No. 512, collector I)r, G, Baur; James Island, Gala- 

 pagos, xVugust 10, 1891. Entirely nniform deep black; bill wholly 

 dcepbla(;k; legs and feet brownish black; ''iris dark brown.-' Length 

 (skin), 4.35; wing, 2.70; tail, 1.62; culmen, 0.70; gonys, 0.40; width of 

 mandible at base, 0.28; depth of bill at base, 0,34; tarsus, 0.83: middle 

 toe, 0.58. 



Immature male. — 'No. 572, U.S.F.M. ; same collection, etc., August 17. 

 Head and neck dull blackish, slightly broken on chin and throat by a 

 few narrow whitish streaks; postocular region, hind necli, and n]>per 

 parts dull grayish olive (more decidedly olivaceous on lower back and 

 rump), the feathers of the back extensively blackish centrally, produc- 

 ing a spotted appearance; wings and tail dusky, the feathers with 

 grayish olive margins, the middle and greater wing coverts conspicu- 

 ously margined terminally with pale brownish bufify, and the primaries 

 narrowly edged with light olive-grayish; under parts, posterior to 

 throat, pale olive-bufly, tinged with ])ale brownish laterally, the feath- 

 ers of the chest, upper breast, sides, and Hanks with broad central spots 

 of dusky, larger and more distinct anteriorly; nnder tail-coverts with 

 rather indistinct central spots of grayish; bill wholly deep black; legs 

 and feet brownish black; "iris dark brown." Length (skin), 4.70; 

 wing, 2,80; tail, 1,79; culmen, 0.72; gonys, 0.40; width of mandible at 

 base, 0.30; depth of bill at base, 0.35; tsirsus, 0.83; middle toe, 0.02. 



Adult female. — No. 554, U.S.N.M,; same collection, etc., August 1(», 

 Similar to the immature male described above, but head grayish olive, 

 streaked with dusky, the chin and throat narrowly- streaked with bnffy 

 grayish white and dusky; under parts more strongly tinged with light 



