102 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



Female: Upper part of the body; the wings and tail deep fuscous, with each 

 feather margined with ashy ferrugineous ; beneath the body cinereous, with 

 each feather towards the middle darker ; the bill brown, and the feet blackish 

 brown. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (Chatham and James' Island.) 



6. GEOSPIZA DENT1ROSTRIS. Gould. 



G. (Fcem. vel Mas jun. ,) mandibulce superioris margine in dentem producto, vertice cor- 

 poreque supra fuscis ; singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus ; secundariis tec- 

 tricibusque alarum ad marginem stramineis ; gut hire et pectore pallide brunneis, 

 singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus, imo abdomine crissoque cinerascenti- 

 albis ; rostro rufo-fusco ; pedibus obscure plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 4| unc. ; aim, 2f ; caudce, If; rostri, \ ; alt. rost. f . 



The margin of the upper mandible produced into a tooth ; the vertex and above 

 the body fuscous, with each feather towards the middle darker ; the margins 

 of the secondaries and wing coverts straw colour ; the throat and breast pale 

 brown, darker towards the middle of each feather ; the sides and under tail- 

 coverts cinereous white ; the bill rufous fuscous, and the feet obscure lead 

 colour. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. 



Mr. Gould considered this specimen a female, from the appearance of its 



plumage ; but from dissection, I thought it was a male. 



7. Geospiza parvula. Gould. 



Plate XXXIX. 

 G. (Mas) capite, gutture, et dorso fuliginosis ; uropygio cinerascenti-olivaceo; cauda 

 et alis nigrescenli brunneis; singulis plumis caudce et alarum, cinereo -mar ginatis ; 

 lateribus olivaceis, fusco guttatis ; abdomine et crisso albis, rostro et pedibus nigres- 

 centi-brunneis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc. ; alec, 2§ ; cauda;, \\ ; tarsi, f ; rostri, f ; alt. rost. ^g. 



Fcem. Summo capite et dorso cinerascenli-brunneis, gutture, pectore, abdomine crissoque 



pallide cinereis, stramineo tinctis. 

 The head, throat, and back, sooty black ; the lower part of the back cinereous 

 olive ; the tail and wings blackish brown, margined with cinereous ; the sides 

 olive with fuscous spots ; the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; the bill 

 and feet blackish brown. 

 Female : The upper surface cinereous brown ; the throat, breast, abdomen, and 

 the under tail coverts, pale cinereous tinged with straw colour. 

 Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (James' Island.) 



