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  Count 
  Salvaclori 
  agreed 
  tliat 
  C. 
  I'ubritorques 
  must 
  be 
  recog- 
  

   nized 
  as 
  a 
  specieSj 
  though 
  the 
  name 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  very 
  happily 
  

   chosen, 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  red 
  collar 
  round 
  the 
  neck, 
  but 
  only 
  

   a 
  few 
  red 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  joining 
  the 
  red 
  

   throat, 
  and 
  these 
  feathers 
  were 
  not 
  present 
  in 
  every 
  individual. 
  

   The 
  bird 
  was 
  rather 
  red-throated 
  than 
  red-collared. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ernst 
  Hartert 
  made 
  remarks 
  on 
  some 
  new 
  and 
  

   interesting 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  West 
  

   Indies, 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  Venezuelan 
  coast. 
  Among 
  other 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  facts 
  established 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hartert 
  during 
  his 
  recent 
  

   exploration 
  of 
  these 
  islands 
  was 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  

   habitat 
  of 
  Columha 
  gyrnnophthalma, 
  which 
  turned 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  islands 
  of 
  Curayao, 
  Aruba, 
  and 
  Bonaire, 
  On 
  Bonaire 
  Mr, 
  

   Hartert 
  had 
  met 
  with 
  Columha 
  corensis, 
  Margarops 
  fuscatus, 
  

   and 
  Ammodromus 
  savannarum. 
  The 
  last-named 
  species 
  was 
  

   also 
  found 
  on 
  Curasao, 
  where 
  also 
  Crotophaga 
  sulcirosiris 
  was 
  

   procured. 
  Icterus 
  vulgaris 
  was 
  common 
  to 
  Curasao 
  and 
  

   Aruba 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  very 
  curious 
  fact 
  was 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   three 
  species 
  of 
  Conurus, 
  each 
  island 
  having 
  its 
  own 
  peculiar 
  

   form 
  — 
  C. 
  pertinax 
  being 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  Curasao, 
  C. 
  (sruginosus 
  

   in 
  Aruba, 
  and 
  C. 
  xanthogenius 
  (apparently 
  a 
  subspecies 
  of 
  

   C. 
  pertinax) 
  in 
  Bonaire. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hartert 
  described 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  as 
  new 
  to 
  

   science 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  Myiarchus 
  brevipennis, 
  sp. 
  n, 
  

  

  M. 
  similis 
  M. 
  tyrannulo, 
  sed 
  tarso 
  lougiore, 
  alis 
  caudaque 
  

   brevioribus, 
  rostro 
  nigro 
  et 
  notsei 
  colore 
  pallidioi-e 
  dis- 
  

   tinguendus. 
  Long. 
  tot. 
  7*3 
  poll., 
  alse 
  3"4-3"5, 
  caudae 
  3*5, 
  

   culm. 
  0- 
  7-0-8, 
  tarsi 
  0-75-0-85. 
  

   Hab. 
  Islands 
  of 
  Aruba, 
  Cura(;ao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
  

   It 
  was 
  remarkable 
  that 
  this 
  bird 
  should 
  be 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  ^ 
  

   the 
  continental 
  M. 
  tyrannulus 
  rather 
  than 
  to 
  M. 
  oberi 
  of 
  the 
  

   Windward 
  Islands, 
  which 
  was 
  quite 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  It 
  

   might, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  subspccific 
  form 
  of 
  M. 
  ty- 
  

   rannulus. 
  

  

  t 
  Chrysotis 
  rothschildi, 
  s}). 
  n. 
  

  

  C. 
  similis 
  C. 
  ochropter^, 
  sed 
  rostro 
  minorc, 
  marginis 
  cubitalis^ 
  ^ 
  

  

  