﻿Aruba, 
  Curaqao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
  297 
  

  

  Amer. 
  p, 
  540) 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Icterus. 
  

   I 
  dissected 
  specimens 
  Avith 
  green 
  tails 
  that 
  had 
  swollen 
  

   testes 
  and 
  had 
  paired. 
  The 
  black 
  tail 
  is 
  assumed 
  by 
  

   changing 
  the 
  colour,, 
  not 
  by 
  moult^ 
  as 
  two 
  of 
  my 
  specimens 
  

   clearly 
  show. 
  

  

  7. 
  Icterus 
  icterus 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  Oriolus 
  icterus, 
  Linn. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  i. 
  p. 
  161 
  (1766). 
  

  

  Icterus 
  vulgaris, 
  Daud. 
  Tr. 
  d'Orn. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  430; 
  Scl. 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  

   B. 
  M. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  382. 
  

  

  Icterus 
  vulgaris 
  (subsp.?), 
  Peters^ 
  J. 
  f. 
  O, 
  1802, 
  p. 
  114 
  

   (Cura9ao) 
  . 
  

  

  Peters 
  (/. 
  c.) 
  says 
  that 
  this 
  bird 
  occurs 
  on 
  Curagao, 
  and 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  continental 
  form. 
  After 
  carefully 
  

   comparing 
  my 
  specimens 
  with 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  

   I 
  must 
  say 
  that 
  my 
  birds, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  have 
  very 
  bright 
  

   colours, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  indistinguishable 
  from 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinental 
  Icterus 
  icterus. 
  My 
  specimens 
  are 
  rather 
  short- 
  

   winged, 
  but 
  those 
  from 
  Santa 
  Marta 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   are 
  quite 
  similar. 
  An 
  example 
  from 
  Carupano 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  

   deal 
  larger, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  others 
  intermediate. 
  A 
  specimen 
  

   from 
  an 
  unknown 
  locality 
  in 
  H. 
  v. 
  Berlepsch's 
  museum 
  has 
  

   white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  rectrices, 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Carthagena 
  

   is 
  rather 
  paler 
  than 
  my 
  birds. 
  

  

  ^ 
  ad. 
  sect. 
  Aruba, 
  27 
  vi. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  9 
  inches, 
  

   wing 
  4'4, 
  tail 
  4, 
  tarsus 
  1*2, 
  culmen 
  1-28. 
  

  

  ? 
  ad. 
  sect. 
  Aruba, 
  27 
  vi. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  9 
  inches, 
  

   wing 
  4"3, 
  tail 
  3*9, 
  tarsus 
  1"2, 
  culmen 
  1'3. 
  

  

  ^ 
  sect. 
  Cura9ao, 
  2 
  viii. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  9'5 
  inches, 
  

   wing 
  4"35, 
  tail 
  4, 
  tarsus 
  1'3, 
  culmen 
  1'37. 
  

  

  ? 
  sect. 
  Curasao, 
  2 
  viii. 
  Total 
  length 
  about 
  8*75 
  inches, 
  

   wing 
  4"15, 
  tail 
  39, 
  tarsus 
  1'25, 
  culmen 
  1"24. 
  

  

  My 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  somewhat 
  worn 
  plumage. 
  I 
  did 
  

   not 
  find 
  any 
  nests 
  ; 
  but, 
  as 
  everybody 
  on 
  Curacao 
  knows, 
  they 
  

   are 
  totally 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  Icterus 
  xanthornus 
  in 
  not 
  

   having 
  the 
  long 
  tube. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  much 
  appreciated 
  as 
  a 
  cage-bird 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   its 
  pure 
  flute-like 
  notes, 
  and 
  is 
  often 
  sent 
  for 
  sale 
  from 
  

   Venezuela. 
  

  

  