204 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY, VOL. I. 



Family Ardeidse. 



Ardea herodias Linn. 



A bird of this species was taken by Messrs. Benedict and Nye on 

 Curacao. (Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, p. 177.) 



Egretta candidissima (Gmel.). 



Hartert states: "White Herons are of irregular occurrence on 

 Cura9ao, and as I shot A. candidissima on Aruba, I suppose that they 

 belong to this species." (Ibis, 1893, p. 325.) 



Butorides virescens (Linn.). 



Recorded by Hartert (Ibis, 1903, p. 325) ; not taken by Dearborn. 



Family Recurvirostridse. 



Himantopus mexicanus (Mull.). 



Not taken by Dearborn. Hartert states, "Flocks of old and 

 young of this Stilt were seen in June on the lagoon of Savonet." (Ibis, 

 1893, p. 325.) 



Family Scolopacidse. 



Melodramas solitarius (Wils.). 



A male bird of this species was taken by Dr. Dearborn, March 25, 

 1908. 



Actitis macularia (Linn.). 



Recorded by Robinson and Hartert; not taken by Dearborn. 



Family Hsematopodidse. 



Haematopus palliatus Temm. 



Recorded by Hartert. (Ibis, 1893, p. 325.) 



Family Odoiitophoridse. 



Eupsychortyx cristatus (Linn.). 

 7 specimens, 4 cT , 3 9 . 



