The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5] : $b BirdsGould, John
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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5] : $b Birds
Gould, John
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Birds; Zoology
Long. tot. 4¾ unc.; _alæ_, 3; _caudæ_, 1½; _tarsi_, ¹⁰⁄₁₂; _rostri_,
⁷⁄₁₂.
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 intensè
fuscis._
Long. tot. 5 unc.; _alæ_, 2¾; _caudæ_, 1¾; _tarsi_, ¾; _rostri_, ⅝;
alt. _rost._ ½.
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. intensè fuliginosa, crisso albo, rostro fusco; pedibus
nigrescenti-fuscis._
Long. tot. 4½ unc.; _alæ_, 2½; _caudæ_, 1⅝; _tarsi_, ¾; _rostri_, 1½;
alt. _rostri_, ⅜.
Fœm. _Summo corpore, alis, caudâque intensè fuscis; singulis plumis
cinerascenti-ferrugineo marginatis; corpore infra cinereo, singulis
plumis medium versus obscurioribus; rostro brunneo; pedibus
nigrescenti-brunneis._
Deep sooty black, with the under tail coverts white; the bill fuscous,
and the feet blackish fuscous.
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 DENTIROSTRIS. _Gould._
_G._ (Fœm. vel Mas jun.) _mandibulæ superioris margine in dentem
producto, 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
cinerascenti-albis; rostro rufo-fusco; pedibus obscurè plumbeis._
Long. tot. 4¾ unc.; _alæ_, 2⅜; _caudæ_, 1¾; _rostri_, ½; alt. _rost._
⅜.
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