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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Hartert 
  on 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  French 
  traveller 
  Rochefort 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  two 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  Humming-birds^ 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  was 
  the 
  smallest 
  and 
  the 
  

   most 
  beautiful 
  he 
  knew, 
  on 
  Aruba 
  (Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  65). 
  

   All 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  birds 
  were 
  found 
  by 
  us_, 
  and 
  

   collected 
  in 
  sufficient 
  numbers 
  to 
  enable 
  us 
  to 
  identify 
  them. 
  

  

  —1. 
  MiMus 
  GiLVTJs 
  RosTRATus, 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  

   1884, 
  p. 
  173 
  (Curacao) 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  74 
  (Curac^ao) 
  ; 
  

   Peters, 
  J. 
  f. 
  0. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  114. 
  

  

  (1) 
  S 
  ad. 
  sect. 
  Aruba, 
  22 
  vi. 
  1892. 
  Wing 
  4-4 
  inches, 
  

   tail 
  4"6, 
  culmen 
  09, 
  tarsus 
  1*4. 
  

  

  (2) 
  c? 
  ad. 
  sect. 
  Aruba, 
  23 
  vi. 
  92. 
  Wing 
  4-25 
  inches, 
  

   tail 
  4"5, 
  culmen 
  0*9, 
  tarsus 
  1*4. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  from 
  Aruba 
  agree 
  in 
  every 
  

   respect 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  Curacao. 
  Berlepsch 
  (/. 
  c.) 
  has 
  said 
  

   much 
  about 
  this 
  form, 
  which 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent 
  varies 
  indi- 
  

   vidually. 
  It 
  certainly 
  does 
  not 
  deserve 
  more 
  than 
  subspecific 
  

   rank. 
  

  

  The 
  '' 
  Tjutjubi 
  " 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  on 
  Aruba, 
  but 
  less 
  numerous 
  

   than 
  on 
  Curac^ao. 
  

  

  The 
  iris 
  is 
  dark 
  orange-brown, 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  black. 
  

   Its 
  food 
  consists 
  of 
  fruits, 
  chiefly 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Cereus, 
  and 
  

   beetles. 
  

  

  The 
  nest 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  somewhat 
  loose 
  structure, 
  mostly 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  dividivi-trees. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  in 
  

   number, 
  with 
  the 
  well-known 
  coloration 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   forms 
  of 
  Mimus, 
  all 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  Turdus-tjipe, 
  thereby 
  con- 
  

   firming 
  my 
  opinion 
  that 
  Mimus 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  removed 
  too 
  far 
  

   from 
  the 
  Thrushes. 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  " 
  Tjutjubi 
  " 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  often-heard 
  note 
  

   of 
  this 
  bird, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  these 
  syllables. 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  fresh 
  eggs 
  on 
  Curasao 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  

   hard-set 
  ones 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  August. 
  In 
  the 
  meantime 
  

   I 
  frequently 
  met 
  with 
  quite 
  young 
  birds 
  flying 
  about, 
  and 
  

   also 
  found 
  some 
  nestlings. 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Tjutjubi," 
  sitting 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  Cereus, 
  and 
  

   often 
  singing 
  its 
  pleasant 
  notes 
  even 
  from 
  the 
  roofs 
  of 
  the 
  

   houses, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  avi- 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  Curacj'ao, 
  Bonaire, 
  and 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  