16 FRING1LLID.E. 



Adult females from Abingdon Island measure : — Wing 3'05-3 - l 

 inches, tarsus 1-05. 



Young males from Abingdon Island measure : — Wing 3T5 inches, 

 tarsus D05. 



Adult females from Bindloe Island measure : — Wing 3 - 15 inches, 

 tarsus 1-05. 



The bill in both the specimens from Bindloe is yellowish, the birds 

 having been shot in November, and being probably young or in 

 winter plumage. The Abingdon examples, procured in December, 

 have dark bills, those in the male being entirely black. 



Hub. Abingdon and Bindloe Islands, Galapagos. 



a, b. c? 2 ad. sk. Abingdon Island. Dr. A. Habel [C.]. 



c, d. c? $ a d. ; e. Abingdon Island, Dec. (Dr. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 cJjuv.sk. A. Habel). (Types of species.) 



/. $ ad. sk. Bindloe Island, Nov. (Dr. A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Habel). 



g. $ ad. sk. Bindloe Island, Nov. 4. Dr. A. Habel [C.]. 



2. Camarhynchus crassirostris. 



Camarhvnchus crassirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 6 ; Darwin, 

 Zool. "Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, p. 103, pi. xli. (1841) ; Gray, Gen. B. 

 ii. p. 359 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 542 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 89, no. 7306 (1870) ; Sel. $ Salv. Komencl. Av. Neotr. p. 29 

 (1873); Salvi?i, Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 489 (1876). 



The type specimen is apparently a young male. It differs from 

 C. variegatus in .its uniform under surface not being mottled with 

 brown streaks. It has a slight indentation in the cutting-edge of 

 the upper mandible answering to G. dentirostris in the genus Geo- 

 spiza. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-05, tail 1*9, 

 tarsus 0'9. 



Hab. Charles Island, Galapagos. 



«• [c? juv.]sk. Charles Island. Sir W. Burnett and Admiral 



Fitzroy [P.]. (Type of species.) 



3. Camarhynchus psittaculus. 



, Zool, 



Camarhynchus psittaculus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 6 ; Darwin 

 Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, p. 102, pi. xl. (1841) ; Grau, Gen. B. _ 

 p. 359 (1844) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 542 (1850); Sel. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1870, p. 323 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 89, no. 7305 (1870) ; Sel. $ 

 Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 29 (1873) ; Salvin, Trans. Z. S. ix. 

 p. 488 (1876). 



Adult female (type of species). Similar to C. crassirostris, but a 

 little smaller and without any indentation in the bill. Total length 

 4-6 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2'75, tail 1*65, tarsus 0-9. 



Another bird, also a supposed female (Darwin), has the wing 2-7 

 inches, the tarsus 0*9. 



