Certhidea olivacea. Gould.
PLATE XLIV.
C. summo capite, corpore superiore, alis caudâque olivaceo-brunneis; gutture et corpore infra cinereis; rostro pedibusque pallidè brunneis.
Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, ½; alæ, 2; caudæ, 1½; tarsi, ¾.
Upper part of the head, body, wings and tail, olivaceous brown; the throat, and beneath the body, cinereous; the bill and feet pale brown.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (Chatham and James Island).
I believe my specimens, which include both sexes, were procured from Chatham and James Islands; it is certainly found at the latter.
Phytotoma rara. Mol.
P. Bloxami, Children, Jard. and Selby’s Ill.
P. rutila, Vieill. Mag. de Zool. 1832, ii. pl. 5.