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26. COLUMBIGALLTNA PASSERINA PERPALLIDA, Harteri. 



See above, p. 304. 

 Extremely common. 



27. ElJPSYCHORTYX CRISTATUS (L.) . 



See above, p. 305. 



Not rare. Often kept in confinement and sold for food. 



28. Ardea herodias, Linn. ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1884, p. 177. 



Messrs. Benedict and Nye have obtained examples of this 

 species on Curacao. I did not shoot it, but once saw a huge 

 Heron near Savonet at sunset, which I think belonged to 

 this species. 



29. Ardea candidissima, Gm. 



White Herons are of irregular occurrence on Curacao, and 

 as I shot A. candidissima on Aruba, I suppose that they 

 belong to this species. 



30. Butorides virescens (Linn.). 

 See above, p. 307. 



I saw this bird several times on Curacao. 



31. Totanus macularius (Linn.). 



Actitis macnlaria, Peters, J. f. O. 1892, p. 120. 

 I saw a few of these birds on the Schottegatt, but did not 

 shoot any. 



32. Himantopus mexicanus (Mull.) ; Peters, J. f. O. 1892, 

 p. 121 ("teste Ludwig")- 



Flocks of old and young of this Stilt were seen in June on 

 the lagoon of Savonet. The immature birds were very young 

 indeed, and were probably bred on the island. The wing of 

 my adult male measures 8*8 inches, bill 2"65, tarsus 4*5 ; 

 female adult, wing 8"4, bill 2"66, tarsus 4. Iris bright red; 

 bill black ; feet coral-red. In young birds the feet are paler, 

 the iris somewhat dull red, and the bill grey. 



33. H^matopus palliatus (Temm.) ; Peters, J. f. O. 1892, 

 p, 121. 



Herr Ludwig has seen and shot examples of this species. 



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