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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. velMas jun.) mandibulce superior is margine in dentem producto, vertice cor- 
poreque supra fuscis ; singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus ; secundariis tec- 
tricibusque alarum ad marginem stramineis ; gulture et pectore pallide brunneis, 
singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus, imo abdomine crissoque cinerascenti- 
albis ; rostro rufo-fusco ; pedibus obscure plumbeis. 
Long. tot. 4f unc. ; alee, 2f ; caudce , 1§; 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 nigrescenii 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. ; alas, 2§ ; caudce, 1 1 ; tarsi, f ; rostri, f ; alt. rost. 
Foem. Summo capite et dorso cinerascenti-brunneis, gulture, 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.) 
