BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



505 



dible at base, 6.35-7.11 (6.86); tarsus, 18.29-20.07 (19.05); middle toe, 

 12.45-13.97 (18.21). 1 



Galapagos Archipelago (Charles, Chatham, Hood, Albemarle, Nar- 

 borough, James, Barrington, Duncan, Indefatigable, Gardner near 

 (pharles, and Jervis islands). 



Geoxpiza fidiginosa Gould, Proc. Zool. Scjo. Lond., pt. v, 1837, 5 (Galapagos 

 Islands^); Zool. Yoy. "Beagle," iii, Birds, 1841, 101 (Chatham and James 

 islands). — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 323 (Indefat- 

 igable I.). — SuNDEVALL, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. , 1871, 125 (Indefatigable and 

 James islands). — Sai.vin, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 482 (Chat- 

 ham, James, and Indefatigable islands). — Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1877, 66 (Albemarle I.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 12 (Chatham, 

 James, Albemarle, and Indefatigable islands). — Eidgway, Proc. U.S.Nat. 

 Mus., xii, 1890, 107 (Chatham, James, Indefatigable, Duncan, Charles, Hood, 

 Albemarle, and Abingdon islands) ; xix, 1897, 526, pi. 57, flg. 17 (monogr. ). — 

 B.AUR, Am. Nat., xxxi, 1897, 783 (Gardner I , near Hood; Jervis I.), 



G.\_eospiza]fuliginosa Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 543. 



]_Oeospiza] fuliginosa Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 88, no. 7301. — Sclater and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr. , 1873, 27, part. 



Geospiza fuliginosa fuliginosa Rothschild and Hartbrt, Novit. Zool., vi, Aug., 

 1899, 161, pi. 6, fig. 32 (crit.; Charles, Chatham, Hood, Albemarle, Nar- 

 borough, James, Barrington, Duncan, Indefatigable, Gardner near Charles, 

 and Jervis islands). 



' Thirteen specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Seven adult and two immature 

 males from Charles Island 



Six adult and one immature males 

 from Albemarle Island 



Two adult males from James 

 Island 



Two adult males from Indefatiga- 

 ble Island 



Eight adult and two immature 

 males from Chatham Island -. 



Eight adult and two immature 

 males from Duncan Island 



Three adult and four immature 

 males from Hood Island 



FEMALES. 



Three adult females from Charles 

 Island 



Pour adult females from Albe- 

 marle Island 



Two adult females from Duncan 

 Island 



Four adult females from Hood 

 Island 



One adult female from Chatham 

 Island 



^ According to Dr. Sharpe, 



13.46 

 13.72 

 13.46 

 13.21 

 13.97 

 13.46 

 14.22 



13.21 

 12,45 

 13,21 

 13,46 

 12,70 



the type is from Chatham Island. 



