﻿THE 
  IBIS. 
  

  

  SIXTH 
  SERIES. 
  

  

  No. 
  XIX. 
  JULY 
  1893. 
  

  

  XXIX. 
  — 
  On 
  tJie 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  Aruha, 
  Curac^ao, 
  

   and 
  Bonaire. 
  By 
  Ernst 
  Hartert. 
  

  

  (Plates 
  VIII., 
  IX.) 
  

  

  Contents. 
  

  

  Pago 
  

  

  I. 
  Introduction 
  , 
  280 
  

  

  11. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aruba 
  293 
  

  

  III. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Curasao 
  311 
  

  

  IV. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Bonaire 
  326 
  

  

  V. 
  General 
  Conclusions 
  337 
  

  

  I. 
  Introduction. 
  

  

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

   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 
  Homan, 
  the 
  north 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  

   peninsula 
  of 
  Paraguana, 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  continent 
  ; 
  Cura9ao 
  

   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 
  difterent 
  

   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 
  

  

  SER. 
  VI. 
  VOL. 
  V. 
  Y 
  

  

  