328 Mr. P. R. Lowe on Birds collected 



Two males and one female. 



The first specimen secured was shot at an altitude of about 

 400 ft., the other two on the central saddle-backed ridge 

 (600 ft.). It was rather strange to come across these 

 Thrushes on an island which is entirely waterless. They 

 appeared to be well established there, however. Dr. Hartert 

 has recorded them from the Island of Bonaire, near Cura9ao. 



My specimens agree in coloration of plumage with typical 

 specimens in the British Museum, but the measurements are 

 rather smaller. They are as follows : — 



Exposed 



Wing. culmen. Tarsus, 



ram. mm. mm. 



(?.... 131 . 26 32 



(?.... 132 25 32 



? .... 131 26 32 



The average measurement of the tarsus of birds in the 

 British Museum collection is 36*5 mm. ; the averasre 

 measurement (of males) given by Mr. Ridgway ('Birds of 

 North and Middle America ') is 37*5 mm. 



EUETIIIA BICOLOR JOHNSTONII. 



Euethia johnstonei Lowe, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xix. p. 6 

 (1906) ; id. Ibis, 1907, p. 120. 



A fair number of these dark little Fiuclics were present 

 on the island and I shot several specimens. They are in 

 every way identical with those which I obtained on Blan- 

 quilla, where they are very numerous. It is remarkable 

 that this bird, which lives amidst such very similar sur- 

 roundings to the Cura(;ao bird {E. bicolor sharpei), should 

 differ from it in such a marlied manner. I had the 

 opportunity of shooting and examining some examples of 

 the latter a fortnight after visiting Blanquilla and Los 

 Hermanos, and was surprised to find it such a light- 

 coloured form. The chin, throat, and breast are of a dull 

 slaty grey, while the Blanquilla bird is the darkest of tlie 

 genus. 



The wings of nine males of E. b. johnstonei average 

 53"6 mm., while tiie tarsi average 16*3 mm. 



