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the breast somewhat less deep and duller. Wing 2 to 2*15 

 inches. 



Hob. Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire. 



(4) E. omissa (Jardine). 



Similar to E. bicolor, but the wing longer and the colour 

 of the back and rump deeper and more of a greenish olive. 

 Wing 2' 15 to 2*2 inches. 



Hab. Venezuela, extending north to Tobago and parts of 

 Colombia. 



E. sharpei is very common on Curacao. Its nest is a 

 large ball of grass with a lateral entrance. All that I saw 

 were placed in the prickly branches of the Opuntia and 

 Cereus. I found from three to four eggs in the nest, which 

 are whitish, with a very faint bluish hue, much speckled 

 with rufous, and with a few deep brown spots. They mea- 

 sure from 065 x 0'46 to 0-7 x 0-5 inch. 



7. Icterus xanthornus curacaoensis (Ridgw.) ; Berl. 

 J. f. O. 1892, p. 82. 



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

 p. 174. 

 Not rare. 



8. Icterus icterus (Linn.). 



Icterus vulgaris, subsp. ? Peters, J. f. O. 1892, p. 114. 



Not numerous, but well known. Colours of Curacao 

 specimens very bright. Cory (Cat. W. Ind. B. p. 146) says 

 the same of examples obtained in St. Thomas. 



9. HlRUNDO ERYTHROGASTRA (Bodd.) j Petei'S, J. f. O. 



1892, p. 117. 



I saw a specimen that was skinned by Herr Ludwig, and 

 which undoubtedly belonged to this species. I think it is 

 only a visitor from the north, because Peters tells us that it 

 was numerous at the end of August, while it was so rare 

 during my visit that I only saw a few in the town aud was 

 not able to procure a specimen. 



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