BIRDS. 



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fuscous : the abdomen, sides, and under tail-coverts pale cinereous-fuscous ; 

 the bill brownish. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago (James and Chatham Islands.) 



Geospiza fortis. Gould. 

 Plate XXVIII. 

 G. intense fuliginosa, crisso albo ; rostro rufescenti-brunneo, tincto nigro ; pedibus 



nigris. 

 Fcem. (velMasjun.) Corpore supra pectore et gutture intense fuscis, singulis plumis 

 cinerascenti-olivaceo marginatis ; abdomine crissoque pallide cinerascenti-brunneis ; 

 rostro rufescenti-fusco ad apicem flavescente ; pedibus ut in mare. 



Long. tot. 4| unc; alee, 3 ; caudce, 1^; tarsi, J-§; rostri, -fe. 



Deep sooty black ? with the under tail-coverts and the bill reddish brown tinged 

 with black ; the feet black. 



Female (or young male) : The body above, breast and throat, deep fuscous, with 

 each feather margined with cinereous-olive: the abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts pale cinereous-brown ; the bill reddish fuscous, with the apex yellowish, 

 and the feet like those in the male. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago, (Charles and Chatham Islands.) 



4. Geospiza nebulosa. Gould. 

 G. summo capite et corpore nigrescenti-fuscis ; singulis plumis cinerascenti-olivaceo 

 marginatis; corpore subtus pallidiore, abdomine imo crissoque cinerascentibus ; 

 rostro et pedibus intense fuscis. 



Long. tot. 5 unc. ; alee, 2| ; caudce, If ; tarsi, § ; rostri, § ; alt. rost. \. 



Male.— Upper part of the head and body blackish fuscous, with each feather 

 margined with cinereous olive ; the body beneath paler, with the lowest part 

 of the abdomen and under tail-coverts ashy ; the bill and feet deep fuscous. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago, (Charles Island.) 



5. Geospiza fuliginosa. Gould. 



G. intense fuliginosa, crisso albo, rostro fusco ; pedibus nigrescenti-fuscis. 



Long. tot. 4J unc. ; alee, 2J ; cauclw, If ; tarsi, f ; rostri, 1| ; alt. rostri, f . 



Foem. Summo corpore, alis, cauddque intense fuscis ; singulis plumis cinerascenti- 



ferrugineo marginatis ; corpore infra cinereo, singulis plumis medium versus obscu- 



rioribus ; rostro brunneo ; pedibus nigrescenti-brunneis. 

 Deep sooty black, with the under tail coverts white ; the bill fuscous, and the feet 

 blackish fuscous. 



