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BIRDS OF THE GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO— lilDGWAY. vouxix. 



Ranrjc. — Teinpeiate North Aiiierica and soutlnvaid to Brazil and 

 Peru. Cialai)a^o.s Archipelago: Albemarle Island' (IJaur and Adams); 

 Chatham Island^ (Banr and Adams); Indefatigable Island (Habel); 

 James Island {Allxdross). 



ASCEKTAINEI) KANGK OK GKNl'S JIIMANTOPT'S, UKISSOX, IX THE OALAPAGOS ARCHI- 



I'ELAC.O. 



1. Hlmmitopus mcsivanus (Miiiler)? 



I am unable to separate these Galapagos specimens from northern 

 examples, or true 11. mexicanus. The National Museum series of the 

 latter is very meager, however. The two adult males show some black 

 on some of the rectrices, in the form of roundish or ovate spots at the 

 tip of the inner webs, one of them having, in addition, a dusky cloud- 

 ing on the outer web of two or three of the tail-feathers. All the 

 adults are molting tlieir ])rimaries, in consequence of which their wing 



' Two specimens. 



2 Four specimens. 



