BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



479 



gonys, 7.62-S.3S (7.87); width of mandible at base, 7.37-8.89 (8.88); 

 depth of bill at base, 10.16-11.43 (10.92); tarsus, 22.61-24.13 (23.11); 

 middle toe, 15.24-16.51 (15.75).' 



Galapagos Archipelago (James, Indefatigable, Barrington, Jervis, 

 Duncan, and Charles islands). 



Cnmarhynchus pxittacida Gould, Proc. ZqoI. Soc. Lond., pt. 5, 1837, 6 (Galapagos 

 Islands) . 



CamarJtynchus psiUaculus Darwin, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. Birds, 1841, 103, pi. 40 

 (James Island). — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 323 

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

 488 (James and Indefatigable islands).— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 31ns., xii, 

 1888, 16 (James and Indefatigable islands). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xii, 1890, 109 (James and Indefatigable islands) ; xix, 1897, 552, pi. 56, 

 figs. 14-16 (monogr. ; Charles, Indefatigable, Jervis, and James islands) . 



ClamarhynchuKl psiUaculus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i,1850, 542. 



{^Camarhynchusl psiUaculus Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 89, no. 7305. — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr. 1873, 29. 



G.^eospizal psittacula psiUacula Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, Aug., 

 1899, 167 (James, Indefatigable, Barrington, Jervis, and Duncan islands; 

 crit.). 



Geospiza psiUacula Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, Aug., 1899, 171, pi. 

 6, fig. 25. 



(.?) Camarhynchus townsendi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, no. 767, Feb. 5, 

 1890, 110 (Charles I., Galapagos Archipelago; collection U. S. Nat. Mus.) . 



(.?) Geospiza psiUacula townsendi Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, Aug., 

 1899, 167 (Charles I.; crit.). 



(.?) Camarhynchus rostratus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, no. 1007, 

 Nov. 15, 1894, 363 (James I. ; collection U. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



^Six specimens. 



Specimens examined from different islands measure as follows: 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 meii. 



Gonys. 



Basal 

 width 



of 

 man- 

 dible. 



Basal 

 depth 

 of bill. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



M.\LES. 



One adult male from James Island 

 ( type of C. rostratus) 76. 20 



One immature male from Indefat- 

 igable Island 72. 39 



One immature male from Charles 

 Island (type of C. townsendi) 70. 36 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Charles Is 



land 73. 15 



One adult (?) female from Jervis Is 



land 69. 85 



Three adult (?) females from James 



Island 67. 82 



Tyjae of C. comprcssirostris, from 



Jervis Island 65. 28 



46.23 

 46.99 



15.49 

 15. 24 



41.91 14.99 



43. 94 14. 73 



44.45 

 42.67 



14.48 

 14.99 

 15.24 



7.62 

 7.62 



7.62 

 7.62 

 7.87 

 8.13 



9.40 

 9.14 

 8.64 



11.94 

 11.43 

 10. 92 



10. 92 

 11.18 

 10.16 



24. 13 

 22.86 



22. 86 



24.13 

 22. 86 

 22. 86 

 22. 86 



16. 51 

 15.75 

 15. 24 



16.51 

 16.51 

 15.24 

 16.24 



