BIRDS. 101 



fuscous : the abdomen, sides, and under tail-coverts pale cinereous-fuscous ; 

 the bill brownish. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago (James and Chatham Islands.) 



Geospiza fortis. Gould. 

 Plate XXVIII. 



G. intense fuliginosa, crisso albo ; rostro 7'ufescenti-brunneo, tincto nigro ; pedibus 



nigris. 

 Foem. (vel Masjun.) Corpore suprd pectore et gutture inteiish Juscis, singulis plumis 



cinerascenti-olivaceo marginatis ; abdomine crissoque pcdlid^ cinerascenti-brunneis ; 



rostro rufescenti-fusco ad apicem flavescente ; pedibus ut in mare. 



Long. tot. 4f unc. ; aho, 3 ; caicdw, 1^; tarsi, ]^ ; rostri,-^. 



Deep sooty black ; with the under tail-coverts and the bill reddish brown tinged 

 with black ; the feet black. 



Female (or young male) : The body above, breast and throat, deep fuscous, with 

 each feather margined with cinereous-olive: the abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts pale cinereous-brown ; the bill reddish fuscous, with the apex yellowish, 

 and the feet like those in the male. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago, (Charles and Chatham Islands.) 



4. Geospiza nebulosa. Gotdd. 

 G. summo capita et corpore nigrescent i-fuscis ; singulis plumis cinerascenti-olivaceo 

 marginatis ; corpore subtus pallidiore, abdomine imo crissoque cinerascentibus ; 

 rostro et pedibus intenshfuscis. 



Long. tot. 5 unc. ; alix>, 2| ; caiuhi', 1| ; tarsi, J ; rostri, § ; alt. rost. i. 



Male. — Upper part of the head and body blackish fuscous, with each feather 

 margined with cinereous olive ; the body beneath paler, with the lowe.st part 

 of the abdomen and under tail-coverts ashy ; the bill and feet deep fuscous. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago, (Charles Island.) 



5. Geospiza fuliginosa. Gould. 



G. intense Juliginosa, crisso albo, rostro Jusco ; pedibus nigrescenti-fuscis. 



Long. tot. 4 J unc. ; alee, 2| ; caudce, 1| ; tarsi, | ; rostri, 1^ ; alt. rostri, f. 



Foem. Summo corpore, alis, caitddque intensh Juscis ; singulis plumis cinerascenti- 

 ferrugineo marginatis ; corpore infra cinereo, singulis plumis medium versus obscu- 

 rioribus ; rostro brunneo ; pedibus nigrescent i-brun?ieis. 



Deep sooty black, with the under tail coverts white ; the bill fuscous, and the feet 

 blackish fuscous. 



