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feeding on the pulp of a fallen cactus tree (Opuntia). On 
southeast Indefatigable, in October, several were observed 
feeding on bushes, two on a bush with a Black-headed Tree 
Finch. On Duncan they were commonest in the south crater, 
where they fed in large numbers on the ground with the 
doves and Sturdy Ground Finches. There also a few were 
observed feeding on the blossoms of thorn bushes in Decem- 
ber. On James, in December, some were noted feeding in 
trees. On Gardner-near-Hood, in February, they fed prin- 
cipally in the bushes on the northeast side of the island, and 
on Hood, in the Gardner Bay region, they were seen eating 
the blossoms of thorn bushes. 
Above Santo Tomas, Albemarle, in March, flocks of them 
were feeding beside the road in the open grassy country. On 
Banks Bay Mountain, Albemarle, in April, they were observed 
feeding in the trees on leaves. On Charles, in May, some 
were seen eating tropical plums; they were also feeding in 
cacti (Cereus) and in orange trees. Large and small flocks 
were seen during that month with the Sturdy Ground Finch 
and an occasional Cactus Finch chiefly below the divide on 
the western side of the island. On northeast James, in Au- 
gust, I noted several drinking the juice of a cactus leaf 
(Opuntia). At Villamil, Albemarle, in the same month, I 
saw one in company with a Cactus Finch feeding on an old 
bull skull. At that time and place a good many were seen 
feeding on the mud of the salt lagoons. At Santo Tomas 
during that month they proved themselves to be carrion feed- 
ers. During our stay there two or three remained about our 
room during the day, picking up bits of corn and refuse. On 
Tower and Bindloe, in September, they fed on the bushes 
largely. On Abingdon a few days later they were seen feed- 
ing both on the ground and in bushes. 
The freshwater hole on the coast just south of Tagus Cove, 
Albemarle, was a great rendezvous for this species. There 
they bathed and drank to their hearts’ content. The springs 
in the interior of Charles were visited by great numbers of 
the birds as well as by the animals of the island. The finches 
might be seen hanging to the wet and dripping moss on the 
overhanging wall of one from which the water drips. A few 
of this species and the Sturdy Ground Finch were seen drink- 
