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
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; caudâ et alis nigrescenti brunneis; singulis
plumis caudæ et alarum, cinereo-marginatis; lateribus olivaceis,
fusco guttatis; abdomine et crisso albis, rostro et pedibus
nigrescenti-brunneis._
Long. tot. 4 unc.; _alæ_, 2⅜; _caudæ_, 1½; _tarsi_, ¾; _rostri_, ⅜;
alt. _rost._ ⁵⁄₁₆.
Fœm. _Summo capite et dorso cinerascenti-brunneis, gutture, pectore,
abdomine crissoque pallidè 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.)
[Illustration:
_Birds. Pl. 39._
_Geospiza parvula._
]
[Illustration:
_Birds. Pl. 40._
_Camarhynchus psittaculus._
]
[Illustration:
_Birds. Pl. 41._
_Camarhynchus crassirostris._
]
8. GEOSPIZA DUBIA. _Gould._
_G._ (Fœm. Mas ignot.) _summo capite et corpore suprà fuscis, singulis
plumis cinerascenti-olivaceo marginatis; strigâ superciliari, genis,
gutture, corpore infrà cinerascenti-olivaceis, singulis plumis notâ
centrali fuscâ; alis caudâque brunneis singulis plumis
olivaceo-cinereo marginatis; rostro sordidè albo, pedibus obscurè
fuscis._
Long. tot. 3⅜ unc.; _alæ_, 2¾; _caudæ_, 1⅝; _tarsi_, ⅞; _rostri_, ⅝;
alt. _rostri_, ⅜.
Upper surface fuscous, with each feather margined with cinereous
olive; the streak above the eye, cheeks, throat, and beneath the
body, cinereous olive, with the middle of each feather fuscous; the
wings and tail brown, with each feather margined with cinereous ash;
the bill white, and the feet obscure fuscous.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago, (Chatham Island.)
SUB-GENUS.—CAMARHYNCHUS. _Gould._
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