﻿Aruba, 
  Curacao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  On 
  Ai'uba 
  I 
  remained 
  IG 
  days, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   on 
  Bonaire. 
  I 
  visited 
  many 
  places 
  on 
  both 
  these 
  islands, 
  

   the 
  hills 
  and 
  the 
  plains, 
  the 
  barest 
  and 
  driest 
  places, 
  and 
  the 
  

   richest 
  and 
  best-wooded 
  parts, 
  and, 
  with 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  my 
  wife, 
  

   collected 
  birds 
  vigorously 
  all 
  the 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  almost 
  continuous 
  sunshine, 
  the 
  beautiful 
  clear 
  atmo- 
  

   sjihcre, 
  the 
  salubrious 
  and 
  wonderfully 
  warm 
  temperature, 
  

   never 
  or 
  seldom 
  rising 
  to 
  an 
  unendurable 
  heat, 
  and 
  the 
  

   picturesque 
  scenery 
  gave 
  me 
  pleasures 
  which 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  

   forgotten. 
  

  

  I 
  wish 
  here 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  sincerest 
  thanks 
  to 
  my 
  friend 
  

   Freiherr 
  Hans 
  von 
  Berlej)sch, 
  in 
  whose 
  museum 
  and 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  I 
  compared 
  and 
  studied 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  my 
  return. 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  pick 
  of 
  all 
  my 
  skins 
  are 
  in 
  Mr, 
  

   Walter 
  Rothschild's 
  Museum 
  at 
  Tring, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  du- 
  

   plicates, 
  containing 
  some 
  co-types, 
  are 
  in 
  Freiherr 
  von 
  

   Berlepsch^s 
  collection. 
  

  

  II. 
  Birds 
  of 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  Aruba 
  is 
  the 
  driest 
  and 
  in 
  most 
  parts 
  the 
  barest 
  of 
  the 
  

   three 
  islands. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  good 
  breeding-places 
  for 
  

   sea-birds. 
  I 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  from 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  June 
  to 
  the 
  

   5th 
  of 
  July, 
  the 
  season 
  when 
  but 
  few 
  wanderers 
  from 
  the 
  

   north 
  can 
  be 
  expected, 
  and 
  therefore 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  that 
  

   I 
  collected 
  are 
  residents. 
  The 
  island 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  resorted 
  

   to 
  by 
  several 
  northern 
  birds 
  in 
  winter, 
  and 
  Venezuelan 
  birds 
  

   are 
  said 
  to 
  visit 
  it 
  often 
  in 
  autumn. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  much 
  obliged 
  to 
  several 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  Aruba, 
  and 
  

   above 
  all 
  to 
  our 
  amiable 
  host. 
  Dr. 
  Coates 
  Cole, 
  the 
  English 
  

   surgeon 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Nothing 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  written 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Aruba. 
  

   But 
  Prof. 
  Martin 
  mentions 
  in 
  his 
  book 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  

   Conurus 
  that 
  was 
  different 
  from 
  C. 
  pertinax 
  of 
  Cura9ao, 
  a 
  

   large 
  kind 
  of 
  parrot, 
  a 
  Mimus, 
  two 
  Humming-birds, 
  an 
  

   Icterus, 
  an 
  Ortyx, 
  and 
  a 
  Pelecanus. 
  Besides 
  this, 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  

   N. 
  Lawrence 
  has 
  described 
  a 
  living 
  parrot 
  from 
  Aruba 
  under 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  Chrysotis 
  canifrons, 
  and 
  so 
  long 
  ago 
  as 
  lGo8 
  

  

  