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 . G e o s p i z a d e n t i r o s t r i s . Gould.
G. (Foem. vel Mas jun.) mundibuloe superioris margine in dentemproducto, vertice corporeque
supra fuscis ; singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus ; secundariis tectricibusque
alarum ad marginem stramineis ; gutture et pectore pallidè brunneis,
singulis plumis medium versus obscurioribus, imo abdomine crissoque cinerascenli-
albis ; rostro rufo-fusco ; pedibus obscure plumheis.
Long. tot. 4 f unc. ; aloe, 2f ; caudæ, l£ j rostri, J ; alt. rost. f .
Tiie 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 . G e o s p i z a p a r v u l a . Gould.
P l a t e XXXIX.
G. (Mas) capite, gutture, et dorso ftdiginosis; uropygio cinerasceitti-olivaceo; cauda
et alis nigrescenti brunneis ; singulis plumis caudæ et alarum, citiereo-marginatis ;
lateribus olivaceis, fusco guttatis ; ahdomine et crisso albis, rostro et pedibus nigres-
centi-brunneis.
Long. tot. 4. unc. ; ala, 2 | ; cauda. I f ; tarsi, | ; rostri, | j alt. rost. fg .
Foem. Summo capite et dorso cinerascenti-brunneis, guliure,pectore, abdomine crissoque
pallide ciñereis, 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
tbe under tail coverts, pale cinereous tinged with straw colour.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (James’ Island.)