Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Volume 5Washington Academy of Sciences., 1903 |
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Abingdon adult females adult males ADULT SPECIMENS anal Anal fin Annual Report Baur belly Bindloe birds breast brown brownish Bureau of Ethnology Cactornis Camarhynchus caudal fin caudal peduncle Certhidea Certhidea olivacea Chatham color conirostris cover bearing title Culmen Culpepper dark dorsal fin dusky eggs Elizabeth Bay feathers galapagoensis Galapagos Archipelago Genus Geological Survey Geospiza fuliginosa Gould head and body Hood Iguana Cove immature Indefatigable interorbital J. W. Powell lateral line Leland Stanford Jr length of head mandible Maxilla from Nostril maxillary MEASUREMENTS OF ADULT melanotis Narboro Nesomimus Nesomimus melanotis nest Novit olivacea opercle paper cover bearing pectoral plumage posterior Proc Range rays RIDGWAY ROTHSCHILD AND HARTERT scales scandens Science Seymour Islands sides snout soft dorsal song species spotted Stage Stan STEINDACHNER stripes Tagus Cove tail Tarsus Testudo Tropidurus U. S. Nat United States Geological Univ ventral Washington Wenman Width of Bill Zool ΙΟ
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