THE BIRDS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, 

 CARIBBEAN SEA. 



INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF 



ARUBA, CURACAO, BONAIRE, ISLAS DE AVES, LOS ROQUES, 



ORCHILLA.'TORTUGA, BLANQUILLA, LOS HERMANOS, 



TESTIGOS IS., AND MARGARITA. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



In the spring of 1908 Mr. John F. Ferry and Dr. Ned Dearborn 

 made a short visit to the islands of Aruba, Curasao and Bonaire 'for 

 the purpose of collecting zoological material for this Museum, Mr. 

 Ferry devoting his time to Aruba and Bonaire, and Dr. Dearborn to 

 Curasao; and in January of the present year (1909) Mr. Ferry re- 

 turned to Curasao, where he chartered a schooner and made collec- 

 tions on the islands of Bonaire, Islas de Aves, Los Roques, Orchilla, 

 Tortuga, Blanquilla, Los Hermanos, Testigos Is. and Margarita, the 

 ornithological results of both of these expeditions being summarized 

 in the present paper, together with a list of the species previously 

 recorded from the islands by other writers. 



ARUBA ISLAND. 



The Island of Aruba or Oruba, as it is sometimes called, is 17 miles 

 long and about 4 miles in width, and is situated 16 miles north of Cape 

 San Roman, Venezuela, and 43 miles west of Curasao. A large part 

 of the island is low and barren, but there are two irregular and com- 

 paratively high hills in the interior. The vegetation is scattered and 

 consists principally of cacti of several species and occasional groves 

 of palms and tamarinds, while mangroves are common along the 

 shores. Fruit trees of various species are cultivated in some local- 

 ities, as is also the Dividivi-tree (Libidibi coriacea). 



ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1882. LAWRENCE, G. N. Descriptions of new Species of Birds of 

 the Genera Chrysotis, Formicivora and Spermophila, Ann. 

 N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Vol. II, 1883, p. 381. (Description of 

 Chrysotis canifrons from Aruba.) 

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