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GEOSPIZA INTERMEDIA Ridgway. 

 INTEBKEDIATE CACTUS FINCH. 



Similar to G. scand&ns but larger, with relatively stouter bill. 



Jfa^e.— Length (skins), about IBg.S'^lSS.SO; wing, 68.07-71.88 

 (70.36); tail, 39.12-46.48 (43.94); culmen, 18.54-21.08 (19.80); length 

 of maxilla from nostril to tip, 13.21-13.97 (13.46); gonys, 10.41-11.94 

 (11.18); width of mandible at base, 7.62-8.64 (8.13); depth of bill at 

 base, 9.91-10.41 (10.16); tarsus, 20.83-22.35 (21.59); middle toe, 14.73- 

 16.26 (15.24).' 



Female.— \j&xigi\\ (skins), 121.92-125.73 (123.95); wing, 66.55-72.64 

 (70.36); tail, 40.64-43.69 (42.16); culmen, 19.05-20.32 (19.56); depth 

 of bill at base, 9.65-10.16 (9.91); gonys, 10.16-10.92 (10.67); width of 

 mandible at base, 7.62-7.87(7.74); tarsus, 20.83-22.61(21.59); middle 

 toe, 14.73-16.76 (16.00).' 



Galapagos Archipelago (Charles Island; Gardner Island, near 

 Charles). 



Cadornis scandens (not of Gould) Sundevall, Proc. Zool. See. Lond., 1871, 124, 

 part (Charles I. ).i — Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lend., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 485 (part: 

 Charles I. )•.— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1889, 108, part (Charles I. ). 



G.[eospiza] intermedia Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, no. 1007, Nov. 15, 

 1894, 361, in text, sub O. assimilis (Charles I., Galapagos Archipelago; col- 

 lection U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Geospiza intermedia Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, 1897, 535, pi. 57,'flg. 3 

 ( monogr. ) . 



Geospiza scandens intermedia Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, Aug., 

 1899, 164, pi. 6, figs. 37, 38 (Charles I.; Gardner I., near Charles). 



(?) Cactomis assimilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., pt. v, 1837, 7 (Galapagos 

 islands; type in Brit. Mus.'); Zool. Voy. "Beagle," iii, 1841, 105, pi. 43. 



(?) C.[actomis'] assimiKs Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 542. 



(?) [Cactornis'i assi^iills Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 89, no. 7308. 



GEOSPIZA FATIGATA Ridgway. 

 IITOEFATIGABLE CACTUS FINCH. 



Similar to G. intermedia but larger, with relativel}^ longer and 

 stouter bill, stouter feet, and shorter tail. 



Male.— hength (skins), about 134.62-135.89; wing, 70.61-73.66 

 (72.39); tail, 38.10-44.45 (41.91); culmen, 19.81-22.61 (20.83); gonys, 

 10.67-12.95 (11.68); depth of bill at base, 9.91-10.41 (10.16); width of 

 mandible at base, 7.87-8.89 (8.38); tarsus, 21.34-22.86 (22.35); middle 

 toe, 15.75-17.78 (16.76).* 



' Five specimens, two of them immature. 



^ One adult, two immature specimens. 



' According to Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert, the type ' ' came most probably from 

 Charles Island;" Darwin could not remember whence it came, but says "almost 

 certainly not from James Island." 



* Three adults, two immature males from Indefatigable Islands; four adults from 

 Barrington Island. 



