BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Fetnale.—Ijength (skins), about 114.30-118.11; wing, 65.79-73.66 

 (68.07); tail, 38.10-43.18 (41.15); culmen, 15.49-17.02 (16.51); gonys, 

 8.13-8.89 (8.64); depth of bill at base, 11.43-12.70 (12.19); width of 

 mandible at base, 8.38-9.65 (9.14); tarsus, 20.07-21.59(20.83); middle 

 toe, 13.46-15.24 (14.73).' 



Galapagos Archipelago (Charles, Duncan, Jervis, James, Gardner 

 near Charles, Indefatigable, Chatham, and Cowley islands). 



Geospizafortis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., pt. v, 1837, 5 (Galapagos Islands); 

 Zool. Voy. "Beagle," iii, Birds, 1841, 101, part, pi. 38 (Charles I.).— Scla- 

 TER and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 323, part (Indefatigable and 

 Bindloe islands). — Sundevall, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, 124 (Charles and 

 James islands). — Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 481, part 

 (Charles, James, Indefatigable, and Bindloe islands). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 10, part (James, Charles, and Bindloe islands). — 

 RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1890, 107, part (Charles, James, and 

 Indefatigable islands); xix, 1897, 521, part, pi. 57, fig. 15 (Duncan, Charles, 

 Indefatigable, James, and Bindloe islands; crit. ). — Rothschild and Har- 

 TERT, Novit. Zool., vi, 1899, 171, pi. 6, fig. 28. 



O-leospiza] fortis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 543. 



[Oeospiza] fortis , Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 88, no. 7299.^Sclatek and Salvin, 

 Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27. 



Oeospiza fortis fortis Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, Aug., 1899, 161 

 (crit.; Charles,. Duncan, Jervis, James, Gardner near Charles, Indefatigable, 

 Chatham, and Cowley islands). 



(?) Geospiza nebulosa Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., pt. v, 1837, 5 (Galapagos 

 Islands); Zool. Voy. "Beagle," iii. Birds, 1841, 101 (Charles I.).— Sunde- 

 vall, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, 125, part (Charles I.). — Salvin, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 482, part (Charles I.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 11, part (Charles I.). 



G-leospiza] nebulosa Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 543. 



[Oeospiza'] nebulosa Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870,88, no. 7300. — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 27. 



'Seven specimens. 

 Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



