Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago (James and Chatham Islands.)
Geospiza fortis. Gould.
Plate XXVIII.
G. intense fuliginosa, crisso albo; rostro rufescenti-brunneo, tincto nigro; pedibus nigris.
Fœm. (vel Mas jun.) Corpore suprà pectore et gutture intensè fuscis, singulis plumis cinerascenti-olivaceo marginatis; abdomine crissoque pallidè cinerascenti-brunneis; rostro rufescenti-fusco ad apicem flavescente; pedibus ut in mare.
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.)