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Hxmatopus frazari Brewster, Auk, v, Jan., 1SS8, 84 (Cannon Island, Gulf of 

 California; coll. W. Brewster); Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, no. 1, 1902, 74 

 (synonymy; range). — Chapman, Auk, v, 1888, 395. — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union Committee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 7; Check List, abridged 

 ed., 1889, and 2d ed., 1895, no. 286. 1; 3rd ed., 1910, p. 133.— Bryant (W. E.) 

 Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., 2nd ser., ii, 1889, 275, 276 (Los Coronados Islands; 

 San Quentin Bay; Magdalena Bay; Cerros Island; Santa Margarita Island; 

 La Paz; habits).— Townsend (C. H.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 

 135 (Concepcion Bay, Lower California). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiv, 1896, 117, part (Tres Marias Islands), 730 (mouth of Rio Zacatula, 

 Colima). — Ridoway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 588. — Grinnell 

 and Daggett, Auk, xx, 1903, 33 (Los Coronados Islands, 2 specs., Aug.). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., iii, 1903, 348, part (Los Coronados 

 and Tres Marias Islands; Carmen Island). — Bajley (II. II.), Auk, xxiii, 1906, 

 384 (near San Bias, Tepic; ^^'hite Rock and Isabella Island, Tepic). — 

 Thayer and Bangs, Condor, ix, 1907, 78 (Cerros Island; crit.), 80 (Nativadad 

 Island, April). 



[?] Hxmatopus frazari Lane, Ibis, 1897, 303 (Arauco, Chile; fresh colors of un- 

 feathered parts). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 117, part 

 (Arauco, Prov. Tarapacd, Chile; Prov. Santiago Chile; Paracas Bay, Peru). — 

 ScHALOw, Zool. Jahrb., iv, Heft 3, 1898, 663 (Chile, Nov.).— Salvin and 

 Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1903, 348, part (Peru; Chile). 



[Hxmatopus] frazari Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 147, part (at least). — [?] Forbes 

 and Robinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, no. 2, 1899, 63 (Chile). 



Hxmatopus fraheri Elliot, North Am. Shore Birds, 1895, 210, 211, pi. 72. 



[Hxmatopus] frazari Elliot, North Am. Shore Birds, 1895, 252. 



HXMATOPUS PALLIATUS GALAPAGENSIS (Ridgway). 



GALAPAGOS OYSTER-CATCHER. 



Similar to //. p. frazari but color of back, etc., averaging darker 

 (clove brown or darker) ; white on greater wing-coverts still more 

 restricted (occupjnng less than distal half), under tail-covert immacu- 

 late white, and wing and tail decidedly shorter but middle toe longer. 



Adult male.— Wing, 241-259 (250.9) ; tail, 90.2-99.5 (97. 1) ; culmen, 

 78.7-86 (82.1); greatest depth of bill, 11.5-13 (12.2); tarsus, 50- 

 53.3 (51.7); middle toe, 41.4-43.5 (42.1).« 



Mult female.— Wing, 241.3-259 (253.5); tail, 88.9-103.1 (97.7); 

 culmen, 77.5-87.6 (82) ; greatest depth of bill, 12-13.5 (12.7); tarsus, 

 48.5-55.9 (52. 5) ; middle toe, 40-48 (43.4).^ 



Galapagos Ai-chipelago (Albemarle, Barrington, Bindloe, Charles, 

 Chatham, Gardner-near-Hood, Hood, Indefatigable, James, Nar- 

 borough, Seymour, and Tower Islands; Delano Rock and isle is 

 east of Jervis Island). 



Hxmatopus palliatus (not of Temminck) Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1870, 323 (Indefatigable I., Galapagos Archipelago).— Sundevall, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, 125 (Galapagos). — Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., ix, 1876, 502 (Indefatigal.le I.; ha!)its, etc.). 



« Seven specimens. ^ Nine specimens. 



