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MEASUREMENTS OF GcOS^iza offinjs. 



60. THE GEOSPIZA PSITTACULA SERIES. 

 60a. GEOSPIZA PSITTACULA PSITTACULA (Gould). 



Cajnarhynchus psittaculus GovLO, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 6, 1837. — Ridgway, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xix, p. 552, 1896 (James Island?) ; Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 50, Part I, p. 477, 1901. 



Camarhynchus rostratus'Ri'DGViA.Y, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, p. 363, 1894. 



Camarhynchus compressirostris Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, p. 

 294, 1895, and XIX, p. 558, 1896. 



Geospiza psittacula psittacula Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vii, 

 --p. 167, 1899. 



Range. — James, Jervis, Indefatigable, Duncan and Barrington. 



Only four specimens of this species are in the collection, two of 

 which are adults from James, one immature male from Barrington, 

 and a young female from Indefatigable. 



This species approaches nearer G. crassirostris in the shape of the 

 bill than does any other of the smaller species of the subgenus Cam- 

 arhynchus, but it stands much nearer G. ajffinis, which is perhaps 

 only a smaller billed subspecies. In size and coloration it approaches 

 closely to G. habeli but the bill is much thicker and the culmen more 

 convex. 



This is, apparently, a rare species throughout its range. It is found 

 sparingly on James, where four were seen during two days of col- 

 lecting. 



