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.