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GOULD, J. : [Characters of two new species of the genus Sterna, a species of cormo- 

 rant, and three species of the genus Orpheus, from the Galapagos, in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Darwin.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Pt. V, 1837, pp. 26-27. 

 The Galapagoau species are Orpheus trifasciattis, (>. melanoHs, and O. pnrniJus, 

 characterized on page 27. 



"NEBOUX, : Descrijitions d'oiseaux nouveaux recueillis pendant I'expedition 



de la Venus. Revue Zool., Ill, 1840, pp. 289-291." 

 (Not seen. Title from Dr. Baur.) 

 GOULD, John : The | Zoology | of | the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, | under the com- 

 mand of Captain Fitzroy, E. N., | during the years | 1832 to 1836. — Published 

 with the approval of | the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. | 

 Edited and Superintended by | Charles Darwin, Esq., M. A., F. E. S., Sec. G. S. | 



Naturalist to the Expedition. | | Pt. Iii. | Birds, ) by | John Gould, 



Esqr. F. L. S. I I London : | Published by Smith, Elder and Co. 65, Corn- 

 hill. I MDCCCXLl. I [4to. 4 p. 11. pp. ii, 156, 4 11., 50 colored plates.] 



Most of the Galapagoau species had been previously described by Mr. Gould in 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Pt. V, 1837, pp. 4-7, 9-11, 22, and 26-27, but the fol- 

 lowing are additional thereto: Sirix ptinctatissima, "G. E. Gray," p. 34, pi. iv 

 (James Island); Pijroccphalua nanus, j). 45, pi. vii; Pi/rocephahis dubius, p. 46; 

 Myiohiiis magnirosiris, p. 48, pi. Viii (Chatham Island) ; Sylvicola aureola, p. 

 86, pi. xxviii; ZenaUJa galapagoensls, p. 115, pi. XLVi; Toianus fuliginoaus,^ 

 p. 130; Zapornia spilonota, p. 132, pi. xlix; Larus fuliginosus, p. 141. (The 

 locality, except where otherwise stated above, is given simply as "Galapagos 

 Archipelago.") The following previously described species are figured : Crax- 

 irex galapagoensls, pi. II ; Otus galapagoensls, pi. iii; Frogne modestus, pi. v; 

 Mlmustr}fasctatus,j)\.'S.yi; M.melanotis, -pi. x\n; M. parvulus,pl. xviii; Geos- 

 plza ntagnirostrls, pi. xxxvi; G. strenua, pi. xxx\ai; G. foriis, pi. xxxviii; 

 G. parrula, pi. xxxix ; Camarhynchus psittacula, pi. xl; G, crassirosfris, pi. 

 XLi; Cactornis scandens, pi. XLii; C. assimilis, pi. XLiii; Certhidea olivacea, pi. 

 XLiv. Craxirex (type, Polyiorus galapagoensls, Gould), p. 22, is described as a 

 new genus. 

 HABEL, Dr. [A.] : [Exhibition of and remarks ui)on some birds from the Galapagos 

 Islands.] 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869, p. 433. 



(Brief paragraph, I'eferring to his collection of "upwards of 300 specimens, refer- 

 able to about 70 species." '-) 

 SCLATER, P. L., and SALVIN, Osbert : Characters of new Species of Birds collected 

 by Dr. Habel in the Galapagos Islands. By P. L. Sclater, M. A., Ph. D., F. R. S., 

 and Osbert Salvin, M. A. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, pp. 322-327, figs. 1-6. 



Based on a collection made by Dr. A. Habel, of New York, the total number of 

 specimens being 460, representing three islands, as follows: Indefatigable 

 Island (267 specimens) ; Bindloe Island (94) ; Abingdon Island (84) ; island 

 unspecified (15). A list of the 37 species is given on page 323, showing the 

 number of specimens collected of each, and also the number of specimens pro- 

 cured on each island. The new species described are as follows : (1) Certhidea 

 fusca, p. 324, fig. 1, Abingdou and Bindloe islands; (2) Camarhynchusvarlegafns, 

 p. 324, fig. 2, Abingdon and Bindloe islands; (3) Camarhynchus haieli, p. 325, 

 fig. 3, Abingdon and Bindloe islands; (4) Camarhynchns prosthemelas, p. 325, 

 fig. 4, Indefatigable Island; (5) Cactornis ahingdonl, p. 326, fig. 5, Abingdon 

 Island; (6) C'ac/or«isj*a//w/a, p. 327, fig. 6, Indefatigable Island; (7) Nycticorax 

 pauper, p. 327, Indefatigable Island. 



1 = Heieractitis incanus (Gmelin). 



■^ Actual numbers, 460 specimens and 37 species, as determined by Messrs. Sclater 

 and Salvin. Cf. Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zo<d. Soc, 1870, p. 323. 



