BULLETIN OF THE 
Tug Fauna or THE GALAPAGOS. 
In addition to a large number of oceanic birds shot by Mr. Townsend 
during the cruise, he also made an important collection of birds from 
Chatham and Charles Islands, considering the short time we were there. 
On our way up to the hacienda of Mr. Cobos, we had our first experi- 
ence of the great tameness of the birds. They did not seem to be in 
the least affected by our presence, and while we halted some of them 
rested on the mules' hind quarters, and even on the shoulders and hats 
of some members of the party. Our experience on Charles Island was 
similar. On all sides the finches and thrushes paid no attention to us, 
and a number could readily have been caught with a butterfly net, or 
even a hat. Yet there has been some population on Chatham Island 
for a number of years, and Charles Island has of late been rarely visited. 
I need only refer to Darwin's account of the tameness of birds, in his 
“Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle,” Vol. III. p. 475. 
As regards the fauna of the Galapagos, I may mention having seen 
a bat, which I was told by Mr. Cobos he had noticed on Chatham 
Island only for the last six or seven years. Dr. Wolf mentions them in 
1875, and I hear from Dr. Baur that he has collected some specimens. 
It is interesting to remember that since Darwin's visit, in 1835, a 
number of domesticated animals have become wild, and have greatly 
multiplied since the abandonment of the settlements on Charles Island. 
We have wild cattle on Chatham, on Charles, on James, and on Inde- 
fatigable; also, wild donkeys, hogs, sheep, goats, cats, dogs, and the 
common fowl. 
I collected insects on Chatham, Charles, and Duncan, and was amazed 
at the poverty of the catch. Of course a prolonged stay would undoubt- 
edly bring to light many interesting things; but of the few species of 
Lepidoptera, an Argynnis, a Colias, a Eudamus, and a Lyosna seemed to 
be the most characteristic, and were found on all these islands. A few 
Noctuidz, and only few species of Diptera, of Hymenoptera, or of Neu- 
roptera, though one of the species of the Libellulidee was very abundant 
on Chatham, two species of Acridium, a large one inland and a smaller 
species in the lower levels, and two or three species of Coleoptera, among 
which was & Carabus, were all I found. My short experience seemed not 
to differ materially from that of Dr. Wolf, whose entomological collec- 
tions were most meagre, although he collected in the dry season. J was 
greatly struck with the vast number of caterpillars, but of a few spe- 
cies only, of Noctuid®, Geometride, and Sphingide, which covered the 
