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  Curar^ao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  2. 
  Dendrceca 
  rufopileata, 
  Ridgw. 
  

  

  Dendt^oica 
  rufopileata, 
  Ridgw, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  1884, 
  

   p. 
  ]73 
  (Curacao) 
  ; 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  7Q 
  (Curasao). 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  on 
  Curasao 
  and 
  Bonaire, 
  but 
  

   rather 
  scarce 
  on 
  Arnba, 
  where 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  localities 
  

   only, 
  and 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  I 
  have 
  only 
  three 
  skins 
  from 
  

   Aruba. 
  For 
  further 
  details 
  see 
  below, 
  p. 
  311. 
  

  

  3. 
  Certhiola 
  uropygialis 
  (Berl.), 
  

  

  Coereba 
  uropygialis, 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  77 
  (Curacao). 
  

  

  Not 
  rare 
  on 
  Curacao 
  and 
  Bonaire, 
  but 
  much 
  less 
  nume- 
  

   rous 
  on 
  Aruba 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  islands. 
  Aruban 
  

   specimens 
  agree 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  Cura9ao. 
  

  

  v4. 
  Euetheia 
  sharpei, 
  Hartert, 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  xxxvii. 
  

   Not 
  rare 
  on 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  +- 
  5. 
  Zonotrichia 
  pileata 
  (Bodd.), 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  82 
  

   (Cura9ao) 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  Curagao, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  met 
  with 
  

   everywhere. 
  On 
  Aruba 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  rare, 
  and 
  unknown 
  on 
  

   Bonaire. 
  The 
  single 
  specimen 
  I 
  have 
  from 
  Aruba 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  

   stout 
  bill, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  agrees 
  entirely 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  

   Curayao. 
  

  

  6. 
  Icterus 
  xanthornus 
  curacaoensis 
  (Ridgw.), 
  Berl. 
  

   J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  82 
  (Curasao). 
  

  

  Icterus 
  curacaoensis, 
  Ridgw. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  1884, 
  

   p. 
  174; 
  Scl. 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  B. 
  M. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  381 
  (1886). 
  

  

  Berlepsch 
  has 
  carefully 
  compared 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   bird 
  from 
  Cura9ao 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  other 
  localities, 
  and 
  has 
  

   pointed 
  out 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  to 
  distinguish 
  the 
  Cura5ao 
  

   form 
  but 
  its 
  longer 
  bill. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  the 
  bills 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cura9ao 
  birds 
  are 
  longer 
  than 
  usual, 
  and 
  the 
  colour 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   little 
  paler 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  ; 
  it 
  may 
  therefore 
  stand 
  as 
  a 
  subspecific 
  

   form 
  of 
  Icterus 
  xanthornus. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  from 
  Cura9ao 
  all 
  agree, 
  but 
  two 
  males 
  from 
  

   Aruba 
  have 
  the 
  bills 
  shorter 
  and 
  stronger, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  

   yellow 
  colour 
  brighter 
  and 
  more 
  tinged 
  with 
  orange. 
  They 
  

   therefore 
  point 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  true 
  continental 
  Icterus 
  xan- 
  

  

  