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Two females, wing, 60.0-61.7; tail, 48.3-51.3; culmen from base, 

 12.8-12.9 ; tarsus, 19.7-19.8 mm. 



In the Galapagos an immature female was taken on Tower Island 

 June 15, and adult males on Indefatigable June 19, and at Villamiel 

 on Albemarle Island August 22. 



On Cocos Island the golden warbler was the commonest species 

 among land birds, with the possible exception of the finch. No 

 young were seen that were still dependent on the parents, but those 

 in recently acquired post-juvenal plumage were much in evidence. 

 The species was fairly common in the Galapagos Islands, and on 

 Chatham and Charles the many advancing stages of the immature 

 plumage were noted. 



This and the vermilion flycatcher were the two bright-colored 

 birds of the Galapagos group. The adult males seemed more or less 

 quarrelsome, and anxious to drive the others out of the neighborhood. 



CERTHIDEA CINERASCENS CINERASCENS Ridgway 



Gray ceithideu 



Certhidea cinerascens Ridgway, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 12, February 5, 

 1890, p. 105. (Hood Island, Galapagos Archipelago.) 



Two males and a female were secured on Hood Island June 30, 

 1929. These specimens are in partial molt. 



Though currently referred to the family of wood warblers "** this 

 genus seems better placed in the Fringillidae.'*^ 



CERTHmEA CINERASCENS BIFASCIATA Ridgway 



Barrington Island certhidea 



Certhidea bifasciata Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 17, November 15, 

 1894, p. 359. (Barrington Island, Galapagos Archipelago.) 



Male and female collected on Barrington Island August 1, 1929, 

 have the following measurements : 



Male, wing, 52.0; tail, 37.3; culmen from base, 10.8; tarsus, 19.8 

 mm. 



Female, wing, 51.0; tail, 37.7; culmen from base, 10.7; tarsus, 

 19.5 mm. 



CERTHmEA OLIVACEA OLIVACEA Gould 



Darwin's certhidea 



Certhidea olivacea Goxxld, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1837, p. 7. (Galapagos 

 Archipelago.) 



A female taken on Indefatigable Island has the following measure- 

 ments: Wing, 52.7; tail, 36.3; culmen from base, 9.7; tarsus, 21.3 mm. 



" See Lucas, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 17, 1894, pp. 309, 310 ; and Ridgway, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 2, 1903, p. 762. 



*= See Swarth, Proc. California Acad. Sci., vol. 18, Jan. 29, 1929, pp. 36-41. 



