described by Dr. Giinther is referable to the type specimen of T. 
clephantopus Harlan;^ 
According to these statements we have the following synonymy: 
1. Tcstudo elephatitopns Harlan = T. vidua Giinther. 
2. Testudo spec. fwv. = Testudo clephantop2is Jackson, non 
Harlan, 
3. Testudo spec. nov. = Testudo elepJiantopus Giinther, non 
4. Testudo abiugdonii Giinther = T. ephippium Giinther. 
5. Testudo nigrita D. and B. 
6. Testudo microphyes Giinther. 
For the species from Charles Island, described by Jackson, 
and now in the Boston Museum of Natural History, I propose 
the name Testudo galapagoeiisis; for the species described by Giin- 
ther as T. elepJiantopus, the name Testudo gimtheri, in honor of 
Dr. A. Giinther of the British Museum, to whom we owe much 
of our knowledge of the gigantic Land Tortoises. 
I follow Dr. Giinther in disusing the name Testudo nigra 
proposed by Quoy and Gaimard in 1824 for a young specimen, 
since it is impossible to decide at present which of the species 
proposed later is referable to this species. The exact locality of 
this specimen being unknown, I think it will always be impossible 
to settle the question. 
The Fish Commission steamer Albatross brought about fifteen 
living specimens of tortoises from the Galapagos Islands, but 
unfortunately the exact localities were not known. Some of 
them were said to be from Duncan Island, from which no tor- 
toises had been recorded.'' 
Land tortoises have been recorded from Hood Island by De- 
lano, Porter, and Cookson, but no specimens have been examined. 
