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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. (vel Masjun.) Corpore suprh pec tore et gutlure intense fuscis, singulis plumis 
cinerascenti-olivaceo marginatis ; abdomine crissoque pallidb cinerascenti-brunneis ; 
rostro rufescenti-fusco ad apicem Jlavescente ; pedibus ut in mare. 
Long. tot. 4§ unc . ; alee, 3 ; caudoe , 1^; tarsi , -L & • rostri, T2- 
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. ; aloe, 2f ; caudoe. If ; tarsi , f ; rostri, f ; 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. intensk fuliginosa, crisso albo, rostro fusco ; pedibus nigrescenti-fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4| unc. ; alee, 2J ; caudoe, 1| ; tarsi, § ; rostri, 1| ; alt. rostri, f . 
Foem. Summo corpore, alis, cauddque intensb 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. 
