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2. Dendrceca rufopileata, Ridgw. 



Dendroica rufopileata, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 

 p. 173 (Curacao) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1892, p. 76 (Curasao). 



This bird is very common on Curacao and Bonaire, but 

 rather scarce on Aruba, where I found it in a few localities 

 only, and in small numbers. I have only three skins from 

 Aruba. For further details see below, p. 311. 



3. Certhiola uropygialis (Berl.). 



Cmreba uropygialis, Berl. J. f. O. 1892, p. 77 (Curacao) . 



Not rare on Curacao and Bonaire, but much less nume- 

 rous on Aruba than on the other two islands. Aruban 

 specimens agree in every respect with those from Curacao. 



4. Euetheia sharpei, Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. vii. p. xxxvii. 

 Not rare on Aruba. 



5. Zonotrichia pileata (Bodd.), Berl. J. f. O. 1892, p. 82 

 (Curacao) . 



This bird is common on Curacao, where it is met with 

 everywhere. On Aruba it is very rare, and unknown on 

 Bonaire. Tbe single specimen I have from Aruba has a very 

 stout bill, but otherwise agrees entirely with those from 

 Curacao. 



6. Icterus xanthornus curacaoensis (Ridgw.), Berl. 

 J. f. O. 1892, p. 82 (Curacao). 



Icterus curacaoensis, Ridgw. Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 

 p. 174; Scl. Cat. B. B. M. xi. p. 381 (1886). 



Berlepsch has carefully compared several specimens of this 

 bird from Curacao with those from other localities, and has 

 pointed out that there is nothing to distinguish the Curacao 

 form but its longer bill. It is true that the bills of the 

 Curacao birds are longer than usual, and the colour is also a 

 little paler as a rule ; it may therefore stand as a subspecific 

 form of Icterus xanthornus. 



The specimens from Curacao all agree, but two males from 

 Aruba have the bills shorter and stronger, and also the 

 yellow colour brighter and more tinged with orange. They 

 therefore point more to the true continental Icterus xan- 



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