BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



475 



JPemale. — Length (skins), about 139.70; wing, 78.99-83.82 (81.79); 

 tail, 53.34-55.88 (54.36); culmen, 15.24-17.27 (16.00); gonxs, 8.89- 

 9.91 (9.40); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.62 (7.37); width of mandible 

 at base, 11.94-12.70 (12.45); tarsus, 26.67-29.21 (27.69); middle toe, 

 17.27-18.80 (17.78).^ 



Galapagos Archipelago (Charles, Chatham, Indefatigable, James, 

 Albemarle, Jervis, Duncan, Abingdon, and Bindloe islands). 



Camarhynchus crassirostris GovLT), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., pt. 5,1837, 6 (Galapagos 

 Islands); Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. Birds, 1841, 103, pi. 41 (Charles Island?).— 

 Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 489 (Charles Island).— 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 16 (Charles Island).— Ridgway, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1889, 110 (Charles, Chatham, and Indefatigable 

 islands); xix, 1897, 551, pi. 56, fig. 18 (monogr. ). 



Clamarhynchus'] crassirostris Bonaparte, Consp. Av.,i, 1850, 542. — Gray, Gen. 

 Birds, ii, 1844, 359. 



\_Camarhynchus] crassirostris Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 89, no. 7306. — Sclatek and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Xeotr., 1873, 29. 



Geospiza crassirosti'is Rothschild and Hartert, Xovit. Zool., vi, Aug., 1899, 166, 

 pi. 6, fig. 27 (crit. ; Charles, Chatham, Indefatigable, James, Albermarle, Jer- 

 vis, Duncan, Abingdon, and Bindloe islands). 



Camarhynchus variegatus Scl.\ter and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 323, 

 324, fig. 2 ( "Abingdon and Bindloes islands," Galapagos Archipelago; coll. 

 Salvin and Godman^). — Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 489, 

 pi. 85.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 15.— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xix, 1897, 548, pi. 56, fig. 17 (monogr.; Albermarle, Charles, 

 Chatham, Indefatigable, James, Abingdon, and BindlOe islands). 



{Camarhynchus} variegatus ScijAter and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 29. 



^ Six specimens, four of them adult. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Two adult, four immature males 

 from Chatham Island 



Two immatuie males from Charles 

 Island 



Two immature males from Indefat- 

 igable Island 



FEMALES. 



Wing. 



83. 82 

 87.63 

 87.12 



Two immature females from Chat- 

 ham Island 82. 80 



One adult(?) female from Indefat- 

 igable Island I 81. 79 



Two adult females from James 

 Island ! 80. 52 



One adult (?) female from Albe- , 

 marie Island 82. 55 



Tail. 



55.12 

 56.64 

 57.66 



54.61 

 52.58 

 54.61 

 55.88 



Cul- 

 men. 



17. 27 

 18.03 

 17.53 



16.26 

 17.27 

 15.49 

 15.24 



Depth 



of bill 



'at base 



10.41 

 10.67 

 10.41 



9.91 

 8.89 

 9.65 

 9.65 



7.62 

 8.13 

 7.62 



7.62 

 7.37 

 7.11 

 7.11 



Width 

 of man- 

 dible 

 at base. 



12. 95 

 12. 95 

 12.70 



Tarsus. 



28.19 

 27.94 



28.45 



Middle 

 toe. 



18. 29 

 18.80 

 18.03 



18.03 

 17.78 

 18.03 



17. 27 



^ Now in the collection of the British Museum. 



