102 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



Female: Upper part of the body; the wings and tail deep fuscous, with each 

 feather margined with ashy ferrugineous ; beneath the body cinereous, with 

 each feather towards the middle darker ; the bill brown, and the feet blackish 

 brown. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (Chatham and James' Island.) 



6. GeOSPIZA DENTIROSTRIS. Gould. 



G^. (Foem. vel Mas jun.) ijiundibulce siiperioris margine in dentem producto, vertice cor- 

 poreque supra fuscis ; siiigidis plumis medium versus ohscurioribus ; secundariis tec- 

 tricibusque alarum ad marginem stramineis ; guiture et pectore pallide brunneis, 

 singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus, imo abdomine crissoque cinerascenti- 

 albis ; rostro rufo-fusco ; pedibus obscure plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 4| unc. ; alw, 2| ; cauda; ]|; rostri, | ; alt. rost. f . 



The margin of the upper mandible produced into a tooth ; the vertex and above 

 the body fuscous, with each feather towards the middle darker ; the margins 

 of the secondaries and wing coverts straw colour ; the throat and breast pale 

 brown, darker towards the middle of each feather ; the sides and under tail- 

 coverts cinereous white ; the bill rufous fuscous, and the feet obscure lead 

 colour. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. 



Mr. Gould considered this specimen a female, from the appearance of its 



plumage ; but from dissection, I thought it was a male. 



7. Geospiza parvula. Gould. 

 Plate XXXIX. 

 G. (Mas) capite, guttnre, et dorso fuliginosis; uropijgio cinerascenti-olivaceo; caudd 

 et alis nigrescenti brunneis ; singulis plumis caudce et alarum, cinereo-marginatis ; 

 latcribus olivaceis,fusco guttatis ; abdomine et crisso albis, rostro et pedibus nigres- 

 centi-brunneis . 



Long. tot. 4 unc. ; ala', 2f ; cauda', 1| ; tarsi, f ; rostri, f ; alt. rost. -fg. 



FcEm. Summo capite et dorso cinerascenti-brunneis, gutture, pectore, abdomine crissoque 

 pallide cinereis, stramineo tinctis. 



The head, throat, and back, sooty black ; the lower part of the back cinereous 

 olive ; the tail and wings blackish brown, margined with cinereous ; the sides 

 olive with fuscous spots ; the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; the bill 

 and feet blackish brown. 



Female : The upper surface cinereous brown ; the throat, breast, abdomen, and 

 the under tail coverts, pale cinereous tinged with straw colour. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (James' Island.) 



