RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Galapagos birds from Birds Part 3 No. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. CUL-DAR256.8. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
[8a]
p 22. Buzzard (Craxirex Galapagoensis) habits like the Falkland species tone of voice — running — habits
p. 33. owls allied to short-eared owl of Europe. — smaller & darker.
p. 35. darker than white owl & less closely related also smaller & often darker.
p 39. Progne. not closely allied, to P progne slenderer & smaller — duller less purple—
p 45 & 46. 2 sp Pyrocephalus / Pyrocephalus smaller
48.— Myiobius.
p. 62. 3. Minus.
p. 86 Sylvicola.
p. 99. Geospiza — dry soil — cactus →
106 Doliconyx →
12 [+] 13 [=] 25
[8av]
p. 115. Dove
1. Hiaticula
2 Ardea Herodias
3 Nycticorax — small
4 Totanus N Sp.
5 Pelidna minutilla (smaller)
6 Strepsilas interpres.
7 Zapornia. N. S.
8 Flamingo
9 8 Larus.— N. Sp. duskier
10 9 Megalopterus — (Tern)
11. 10. Frigate birds
[8b]
p. 100 G (1) magnirostris. Charles & Chatham not? James isld
G (2) strenua James & Chatham
G (3) Charles & Chatham.
4 — Charles
5 — James & Chatham
6. — ?
7 James.
8 Chatham
Camarhynchus — (1) or (9) James
[Camarhynchus] 2 (10) Charles isld.
[illeg] 1
(11) James
― 2 (12) (not James)
Certhidæ (13)
[+] 12 [=] 25
Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Birds Part 3 No. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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