2o8 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY, VOL. I. 



Ammodramus savannarum caribasus (Hartert). 



Coturniculus savannarum carib&us Hartert, Novitates Zoologicae, 

 Vol. IX, 1902, p. 298. 



Not taken by Dearborn. Hartert states he found it abundant 

 in a stony valley covered with high grass and bushes at Beeken- 

 burg, Curacao. He describes it as differing from A. savannarum 

 in being smaller, the bill decidedly smaller. The upper head, 

 which is divided in the middle by a cream colored line, is not so 

 blackish, but more brownish (translation). The type is from Bonaire. 



Tiaris sharpei (Hartert.) 



Euetheia sharpei Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. I, 1893, 

 p. xxxvii. Id. Ibis, 1893^ p. 314. 



23 specimens, n d\ 12 9. 



Family Hirundiiiidse. 

 Hirundo erythrogastra Bodd. 



Dr. Dearborn observed what he believed to be this species at 

 Curacao. 



Family Ccerebidsp. 



Coereba uropygialis Berlep. 



12 specimens, 10 d\ 2 9 ; common. "Corners of mouth, red." 

 (Dearborn) . 



Family Miiiotiltidae. 



Dendroica ruficapilla rufopileata Ridgw. 

 1 6 specimens, 8 cT, 8 9 ; common. 



Family Mimidse. 



Mimus gilvus rostratus Ridgw. 

 9 specimens, 6 d\ 3 9. 



BONAIRE ISLAND. 



The Island of Bonaire or "Buen Ayre " is of irregular shape, 24 

 miles long and from 3 to 4^ "miles in width. It is situated some 50 

 miles north of Venezuela and about 30 miles east of Curacao. In 



