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new species, however, can be distinguished by the large white 

 spot between the yellow breast and the slaty-black throat. 

 This white spot is extremely small and scarcely indicated in 

 C. newtoni, so small, in fact, that I have not found it 

 mentioned in any description (cf. Scl. Cat. B. xi. p. 43). 

 C. newtoni has also the uropygial band somewhat broader 

 and of a more yellowish-olive colour. The fresh unworn 

 specimens of C. uropygialis have distinct whitish edges to 

 the longest and some of the median wing-coverts. 



It is easily distinguishable from C. newtoni by the much 

 darker throat, the white patch below the blackish throat, 

 the smaller white wing-speculum, and the colour of the 

 uropygial band. The plumage of the adult has been well 

 described by Berlepsch (/. c). The young bird is grey 

 above, the uropygial band less developed, the crown similar 

 to or a little darker than the back ; beneath paler yellow, 

 throat pale grey mixed with yellow, superciliary stripe 

 yellow. In adult specimens the superciliary stripe is pure 

 white, as a rule, but many are found with the stripe more 

 or less tinted with yellow. 



Berlepsch's Flower-pecker is extremely common on the 

 islands. It is called " Barica-geel/' i. e. Yellow-breast. In 

 Bonaire, at Mr. van den Brandhof's, they came into the 

 verandah to take milk and water and bread and fruits that 

 were offered them on a plate. 



Its song is not loud nor attractive, being a metallic 

 warbling, frequently repeated. 



The nest is a large ball of dry grasses and leaves, lined 

 with feathers, and with a lateral entrance. It is placed 

 mostly at the tips of branches at different heights from the 

 ground. One, from which I took eggs, was built in a flower- 

 basket hanging from the ceiling of Sefior Ricardo's verandah 

 in Curasao. The eggs were fresh, but the bird had left 

 them. 



The eggs are four in number, of a whitish colour, more or 

 less thickly covered with darker and paler rufous spots and 

 patches. Their average size is 0*6 x 0*45 inch. 



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