ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 59 



The island of Guadalupe is situated off the coast of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, between latitude 28° 45' and 29° 10' north, and about two 

 hundred and twenty miles southwest from San Diego. Until very 

 recently nothing was known regarding the ornithology of this island, 

 biit in the spring of 1875 a collection of birds was made by Dr. 

 Edward Palmer, and forwarded to the National Museum at Wash- 

 ington. This collection, embracing eight species and seventy-two 

 specimens of land-birds, was placed in the hands of the writer for 

 identification, and reported upon in the Bulletin of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Vol. II, No. 2, 

 April 1, 1876 (pp. 183-195).* 



As above stated, the land-birds contained in the collection from 

 Guadalupe embrace only eight species, so that the founa of the 

 island is by no means fully represented ; indeed, the collector ob- 

 served a Humming-Bird, two kinds of Owls, and a Hawk, of which 

 no specimens were obtained. This is to be regretted, since most, if 

 not all, of these would doubtless have proved new. It is altogether 

 likely, too, that other species escaped notice, and thus remain to 

 be discovered ; a rich field is therefore left to the future explorer. 

 The affinities of the birds of Guadalupe are, so far as known, almost 

 entirely with those of "Western North America, there being no 

 peculiar types, each species having a more or less closely related 

 representative on the continent. The species thus far known are 

 the following, their continental representatives being given oppo- 

 site : — 



GuadalujiC Species. Mainland Representatives. 



Sylviidae. 



1. Kecjulus obscurus. Eea:ulus calendula. 



of the plumage. The following remarks by Mr. Salvin are those which refer 

 more particuhirly to these peculiarities : — 



" In the formation of its bill, it [^Gcosjnza^ hardly differs at all from some spe- 

 cies of Guiraca, as G. concreta and its allies. The legs and feet, hoivever, are 

 much lovger and stronger than in any species of Guiraca ; and the tail in pro- 

 portion to the wings is very short" (1. c., p. 478). 



" From Conirostrum [the continental representative genusl Ce.rthidca [of the 

 Galapagos] differs in having much shorter wings and tail" (1. c, p. 476). 

 [^Italics our ow?i.] 



* Ornithology of Guadeloupe [lege Guadalupe] Island. Based on Notes and 

 Collections made by Dr. Edward Palmer. 



