666 BIRDS OF THE GALA PA G OS ARCEIPELA G O— RID G W. 1 Y. vol. xix. 



AGASSIZ, Alexander: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Har- 

 vard College. I XXIII. No. 1. I I Reports on the Dredging Operations otf 



the West Coast of | Central America to the Galapagos, to the West Coast | of 

 Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of | Alexander Agassiz, car- 

 ried on by the U. S. Fish Comniis- | sion Steamer Albatross, Lieut. Commander 

 Z. L. Tanner, | U. S. N., commanding. | 11. | General Sketch of the Expedition 

 o{ the Albatross, \ from February to May, 1891. | By Alexander Agassiz. | [Pub- 

 lished by Permission of Marshall McDonald, U. S. Fish Commissioner.] | With 

 Twenty-Two Plates. | Cambridge, U. S. A. : | Printed for the Museum. | Febru- 

 ary, 1892. I 

 8vo., pp. 89. 

 This important work contains no special reference to birds, but excellent descrip- 

 tions of the several islands are giv^en besides other information of much interest 

 in connection Avith the subject. 



RIDGWAY, Robert: Descriptions of twenty-two new species of birds from the 

 Galapagos Islands. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XVII (advance sheets published November 1.5, 1894), 

 pp. 357-370. 



The new species herein described were contained in the very large and valuable 

 collection of Galai)agos birds made by Dr. G. Baur and Mr. C. F. Adams, in 

 1891, which was referred to the author for determination of the species soon 

 after the return of those gentlemen from their highly successful exploration 

 of that remarkable island group. Many of the specimens having been col- 

 lected on islands never before visited by a collector, the number of new species 

 found among them was, as might be expected, unusually large. The new 

 forms described are the following: (1) Xesomhnns battri, Tower Island, p. 357; 

 (2) XesomlmHs hindloei, Bindloe Island, p. 358; (3) Xesomimus adamsi, Chatham 

 Island, p. 358; (4) Ccrthidea salvini, Indefatigable Island, p. 358; (5) Cerlliidea 

 bifasciata, Barrington Island, p. 359; (6) Certhidea mentalis, Tower Island, p. 

 359; (7) Certhidea albemarlei, Albemarle Island, p. 360; (8) Certhidea hiteola, 

 Chatham Island, p. 360; (9) Gcospiza barringtoni, Barrington Island, p. 361; 

 (10) Geospiza propinqua, Tower Island, p. 361; (11) Geospiza bauri, James 

 Island, p. 362; (12) Geospiza albemarlei,' Albemarle Island, p. 362; (13) Geo- 

 spiza fraterciila,^ Abingdon Island, p. 363; (14) Geospiza debilirostris,' James 

 Island, p. 363 ; (15) Geosjjiza aciitirostris, Tower Island, p. 363 ; (16) Cainarhtiiichiis 

 rostratus,^ James Island, p. 363; (17) Camarhyiichns prodiictiis, Albemarle Island, 

 p. 3(54; (18) Camurlnjnchus salvini," Chiithixm laliiud, \>. 364; (19) Camarhiiiirhns 

 affinis, Albemarle Island, p. 365; (20) I'l/rocephahis carolensis,' Charles Island, 

 p. 365; (21) Pyrocephaliis intercedens, Indefatigable Island, p. 366; (22) Pyro- 

 cephalus abingdoni,' Abingdon Island, ]). 367. 



There are also critical remarks (p. 361) on the " Cactorni " of Indefatigable, Albe- 

 marle, and Jcrvis islands, which collectively were doubtfully identified with 

 Cactornis assimilis, Gould," and Pyrocephalus dnhius, Gould (pp 368-370), to 

 which the Chatham Island form is referred, and of which detailed descriptions 

 and full synonymy are given. 

 TOWNSEND, C. H. : Birds fnmi Coeos and Malpelo Islands, witli notes on Petrels 

 obtained at sea. 



P»iU. Mas. Comp. Zoologn, XXVII, No. 3, pp. 121-126, 2 colored plates. 



Three species of /Vwt'//rtr(ir/a" from the (Jalapagos Archipelago are mentioned: 

 Occanodroma cryptoleiiciira (otf Wcnman Island), Procellaria iethys (off Chat- 

 ham Island), and Piiffiniis •' tenebrosns, Pelz.,"=r/*. subalaris, Townsend, tbis 

 paper, p. 650 (oft' Chatham and Wenman islands). 



The two colored plates represent Cocoriiis agassizi, Townsend, and Nesoiriccns 

 ridgwayi, Townsend, both new species (and new genera) from Cocos Island. 



From the Albatross collection of 1888. '^ From the Albatross collection of 1891. 



