PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Fourth Series 



Voi,. II, Pt. I, pp. 203-374, pis. 12-124 September 30, 1914 



EXPEDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF 



SCIENCES TO THE GALAPAGOS 



ISLANDS J905-J906 



X 



THE GIGANTIC LAND TORTOISES OF THE GALAPAGOS 

 ARCHIPELAGO 



BY JOHN VAN DENBURGH 



Curator of the Department of Herpetology 

 CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction 206 



Gigantic Land Tortoises^ Fossil and Recfnt 206 



Indian Ocean Races 206 



Galapagoan Races 209 



Early History 209 



First Discovery, 1535 209 



Cowley, 1684 210 



Dampier, 1684 210 



Rogers, 1708 211 



Clipperton, 1720 211 



Colnett, 1793 212 



Delano, 1800 212 



Porter, 1813 215 



Hall, 1822 219 



Morrell, 1823 219 



First Settlement, 1832 219 



Downes, 1833 220 



September 30, 1914. 



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