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a good-sized male early in the morning, and skinned and 

 brought him out. His stomach contained cactus. 



July 20, 1906. — At anchor at a little cove near Conway 

 Bay where the trail that led up to the old settlement com- 

 menced. 



July 24, 1906. — Went ashore for a couple of hours in the 

 morning and got a mess of doves for food. The country here 

 is covered with dry grass and small trees. I saw no reptiles 

 of any description. We sailed for Daphne Island at about 

 nine o'clock. 



Testudo species? 



Cowley Mountain Tortoise. 

 Plates 122 and 123. 



Distribution. — Cowley Mountain, Albemarle Island, Gala- 

 pagos Archipelago. 



Material. — The Academy collection includes only one skin 

 with bones of a female, and a few fragments of other indi- 

 viduals. 



Diagnosis. — No nuchal; gulars paired; fourth cervical ver- 

 tebra biconvex; front of carapace low; height at nuchal 

 notch 36% of straight length; difference between percentages 

 of front and middle heights 25 ; carapace dome-shaped, broad 

 anteriorly, width at margin of junction of second and third 

 marginals 54% ; first marginals not greatly enlarged, not 

 everted; their ventral surfaces not vertical, their most promi- 

 nent points separated by less than 25% (17%); length over 

 curve more than 123% (128%); width over curve greater 

 than length over curve; vertical distance from lower surface 

 of plastron to lower edge of lateral marginals great, 10%; 

 general size moderate, straight length 26.75 inches; plastron 

 moderately long, 85%; plates striated; pectorals forming a 

 suture on median line; eighth marginal plate not reduced; 

 lower jaw and throat of female black. 



