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On the Birds of the Islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire, 

 By Ernst Hartert. 



(Plates VII L, IX.) 



Contents. 



Page 



I. Introduction 289 



II. Birds of Aruba 293 



Ilf. Birds of Curacao 311 



IV. Birds of Bonaire 326 



V. General Conclusions 337 



I. Introduction. 



The three Dutch West-Indian Islands of Aruba, Curacao, 

 and Bonaire (see map, Plate VIII.) are situated off the western 

 part of the north coast of Venezuela. Aruba, being only 

 about 16 miles from Cape San Roman, the north point of the 

 peninsula of Paraguana, is nearest to the continent ; Curacao 

 lies about 43 miles to the east ; and Bonaire, the most 

 oceanic of the three, still further to the east. Although 

 near to the mainland, these islands do not, like Trinidad, 

 belong geologically to the continent, but are of a different 

 formation. They are surrounded by a coral-limestone belt, 

 and for the most part are covered with a thick coral -limestone 

 capping, and parts of coral-reefs are seen near Willemstad 

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