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CaMARHYNCHUS CRASSIROSTRIS. 

 Camarhynchus crassirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 6 j Darwin, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 103, t. xli. 



Supra cineieus : capite fuliginoso-nigro : subtus albidus, gula et pectore superiore 

 plumis singulis medialiter nigiis ; tectricibus alarum et rectricum apicibus fusco albido 

 marginatis: long tota 5-2, alse 3-0, caudae 1'9, tarsi 0-85, rostri a rictu 0'5. 



Hah. Charles Island C?) {Darwin). 



The type specimen in the British Museum, from which the above description is 

 taken, is probably an adult male. 



Camarhynchus variegatus. (Plate LXXXV.) 

 Camarhynchus variegatus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 324. 



Supra sordide olivaceus fusco variegatus, alis caudaque nigricantibus, remigibus extus 

 anguste fusco marginatis, capite toto undique et corpore subtus ad medium pectus 

 nigris : ventre sordide ochraceo in summa parte nigro variegato : rostro et pedibus nigris : 

 long, tota 5'5, alse 3'3, caudae 2-1, rostri a rictu 0'55, tarsi I'l. 



2 supra fusca ; subtus sordide ochracea, a mento usque ad ventrem nigricante fre- 

 quenter variegata : rostro pallide corylino, pedibus nigris. 



Hab. Bindloe and Abingdon Islands (Babel). 



Obs. major quam C. psittaculus et capite nigro insignis, sed rostro, quoad formam, 

 fere simili. Eemiges secundus tertius et quartus fere sequales et longissimi. 



Camarhynchus variegatus. 



" In habits this bird resembles the members of the genus Geospiza. It utters a song 

 which, however, is not so harmonious as that of the species next mentioned, with which 

 it bears some affinity. C. habeli I met with singly, but this species in families of several 

 individuals, gaily chirping, and eagerly selecting the swelling fruits of the Euphorbia 

 bushes." — H. 



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